Writers in Berlin: A Three-Way Discussion
WALTER HÖLLERER holds the chair of German philology at the Technical University in West Berlin. He is the founder and editor of the German literary journal AKZENTE. GÜNTER GRASS is the author of THE TIN DRUM and CAT AND MOUSE. His new book, HUNDEJAHRE (DOG YEARS),was recently published in Germany.WALTER HASENCLEVER,who monitored this discussion for theATLANTIC,is a Berliner who emigrated to the United States during the Hitler period and taught at Phillips Andover Academy. He now works for a literary institute in Berlin.