HERTA MÜLLER

2009 Nobel Laureate in Literature
    who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed.

Background

  • Born: August 17, 1953
  • Place of birth: Nitzkydorf, Banat, Romania
  • Nationality: German
  • Residence: Berlin, Germany
  • Biographical highlights:
    • 1973-6 : Studied German and Romanian literature at Temeswar University
    • 1977-9 : Worked as a translator at a machine factory
    • 1982 : Debut with Niederungen
    • 1987 : Emigrated to Germany
    • 1995 : Member of Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
    • 2009 : Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
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