Günter Grass (born 1927) German Novelist, Poet, Playwright, Sculptor, Graphic Designer, Painter, "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history". Best known novel The Tin Drum . 1998: Jose Saramango (1922 – 2010) Portuguese novelist, playwright, journalist, "who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again