Herta mueller winner of the 2009 nobel prize in literature. She was born in august 1953 in the traditionally germanspeaking banat region of romania. Romanianborn german novelist herta muller was awarded the 2009 nobel prize in literature, praised for her portraits of life behind the iron. The decision to award her the 2009 nobel prize for literature is a signal that the injustices of communism in eastern europe should not be trivialized. In 2009 she received the nobel prize in literature.
Herta muller, german author, wins nobel prize in literature the. Herta muller wins nobel prize for literature tararua. Stockholm herta mueller, a member of romanias ethnic german minority who was persecuted for her critical depictions of life behind the iron curtain, won the 2009 nobel prize in literature thursday in an award seen as a nod to the 20th anniversary of communisms collapse. Herta muller, the winner of the 2009 nobel prize for literature, used her upbringing under nicolae ceausescus oppressive regime in romania as her main source of inspiration. Herta muller, libuse monikova, and kerstin hensel by lyn marven the passport german herztier german niederungen german other books onby herta mueller. Nobel literature winner herta muller has dickinson college. Herta muller wins nobel prize for literature abebooks. The passport has the same clipped prose cadences as nadirs, this time applied to evoke the trapped mentality of a man so desperate for freedom that he views everything through a temporal lens, like a prisoner staring at a calendar in his cell. The 56yearold author, who emigrated to germany from thencommunist romania in.
Her family was part of romanias german minority and her mother was deported to a labour camp in the soviet union after world war ii. Fifteen laureates were awarded in 2019, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. Born in the small village of nitchidorf in romania, her native. Herta muller wins nobel prize in literature jacket copy. Herta mueller, who the award committee says depicts the landscape of the dispossessed. Romanianborn writer herta muller, winner of the nobel prize for literature in 2009, was suspended from the writers union of romania usr for failing to. Herta mueller wins nobel literature prize cbs news. Herta muller has won the 2009 nobel prize for literature 12. I dont know her works, and we dont hold them, but she seems to have had an interesting life. Herta muller, winner 2009 nobel prize for literature.
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Learn more about herta muller, the romanianborn writer who has been awarded the 2009 nobel prize for literature and find english translations of her work. The nobel prize in literature 2009 was awarded to herta muller who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the. After being awarded the nobel prize for literature in 2009, herta muller attained great. Announcing the award in stockholm, the swedish academy described. She read german studies and romanian literature at timisoara university. Herta muller is a romanianborn german novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 nobel prize in literature. The 2009 nobel prize has been awarded to herta muller, for depicting the landscape of the dispossessed with the concentration of poetry and. Herta mueller wins nobel literature prize washington times. Herta muller, winner of nobel prize for literature.
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Herta mullers work has been strongly influenced by her experience of the depths of dictatorship and state terror. Herta muller, romanianborn german writer who won the nobel prize for literature in 2009 for her works revealing the harshness of life in. She is a writer who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed. The 56yearold author, who emigrated to germany from thencommunist romania in 1987, made her debut in 1982 with a collection of short stories titled. Romanianborn german writer herta mueller has won the nobel literature prize, saying nicolae ceausescus brutal dictatorship compelled her to write of how a powerful few can dominate and destroy a nation. Wall street journal a swift, stinging narrative, fablelike in its stoic concision. Body and narrative in contemporary literatures in german. In 2009, romanian novelist herta muller won the nobel prize for literature. Romanianborn german writer herta mueller has won the 2009 nobel prize in literature, honored for work that with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed. German writer herta mueller wins nobel in literature. Herta muller, a romanianborn german novelist, poet and essayist has won the 2009 nobel prize for literature.
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