Exhibition "Encontros" by Günter Grass will be on display till 7 October at House Museum Guerra Junqueiro

The House Museum Guerra Junqueiro, host to the exhibition "Encontros" by German Nobel Prize winner for Literature Günter Grass (1927-2015), since 2 March, has extended the exhibits' public presentation till 7 October.

This exhibit marks the 90 years of Günter Grass birth, who has visited Portugal for a number of times, since the eighties, where he would find some peace of mind to write or to be. It features Günter's drawings where he explores some of his favourite motifs such as birds and mushrooms, wood and roots, leaves, feathers and stones, snails, fossils, bones, and skeletons, all affected by decay and weathering.

A curiosity is the fact that the display shows some seashells, clamps or pebbles from the beaches in the Algarve that Günter collected.

The writer was also a sculptor and a visual artist. He was friends with Portuguese Nobel Prize winner for Literature, José Saramago.

In the last days of his life, Günter Grass was sorry he couldn't travel to "his beautiful Portugal" for health reasons.

The exhibit, produced by graphic designer Arne Kaiser is entrance free.

This is an initiative by Goethe-Institut Portugal jointly with the Günter and Ute Grass Foundation, the Günter Grass-Haus, the House Museum Guerra Junqueiro and Porto city Hall, with the support of the German Embassy, the Association São Bartolomeu dos Alemães and Niepoort.

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"Encontros"

From Tuesday to Sunday 10 am/5.30 pm

Closes Mondays and public holidays

Entrance free

House Museum Guerra Junqueiro

Rua de Dom Hugo, 32 (Next to Sé)

Phone: 222 003 689

museuguerrajunqueiro@cm-porto.pt