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

• The Appointment: A Novel
• Traveling on One Leg
• The Land of Green Plums
• Body and Narrative in Contemporary Literatures in German: Herta Muller, Libuse Monikova, and Kerstin Hensel by Lyn Marven
• The Passport (German)
• Herztier (German)
• Niederungen (German)
• Other Books on/by Herta Mueller

Featured Internet Links

• Female Nobel Prize Winners
• Herta Müller at the Complete Review
• Wikipedia Entry
• The Swedish Academy press release
• Bio and bibliography

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