BREAKING: Nobel literature laureate Gunter Grass, best known for "The Tin Drum," dies aged 87

Germany's Nobel laureate Gunter Grass, widely regarded as the country's most famous writer, died on Monday at the age of 87, his publishing company said.

Grass, whose works include "The Tin Drum" and "Cat and Mouse", died in a hospital in the northern city of Luebeck, the Steidl publishing house said on Twitter.