The German city of Dusseldorf is honouring the Israeli writer David Grossman with this year’s Heine Prize, a prestigious literary award, it announced on Wednesday. Grossman is “one of the most important representatives of contemporary Israeli literature, who is committed to understanding and tolerance not only in the Middle East peace process,” the city’s mayor, Stephan Keller, said in a press release. The award is endowed with €50,000 ($55,820). Grossman expressed his delight in a telephone call. “Good news at a time when there is so much bad news,” the city quoted him as saying. The multi-aw…