Grass dismisses Israeli travel ban
Guenter Grass says Israel's decision to bar him from visiting the country following his poem criticizing the Jewish state reminds him of similar steps that dictatorial governments have taken against him.
The German literature Nobel laureate said in a reaction piece published by German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Wednesday that he has previously only been barred from entering a nation by then Communist-ruled East Germany and the military junta in Myanmar about 25 years ago. (AP)
