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Herta Müller
Herta Müller is a Romanian-German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was born in Nițchidorf, Timiș County in Romania; her native languages are German and Romanian. Since the early 1990s, she has been internationally established, and her works have been translated into more than twenty languages.
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culture · German writer and Nobel Prize recipient (born 1953) · writer · linguist · poet · translator · novelist · essayist · artist · also Herta Müller, Herta Muller, H. Müller, H. Muller, H. Mueller, Müller
Born 17 August 1953 · Q38049
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2026· 3 entries
The Economic Times: Quote of the Day by Herta Müller: 'To combat death you don't need much of a life, just one that isn't...'
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Herta Müller | Romanian-German Writer & Nobel Prize Winner
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded Eugen Kogon Award (2019).
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded Heinrich-Böll-Preis (2015).
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Awarded Friedrich Hölderlin Prize (2015).
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Hannelore Greve literature award (2014).
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2013· 2 entries
The Guardian: More Dynamite: Collected Essays 1990-2012 by Craig Raine; Cristina and Her Double: Selected Essays by Herta Müller – review
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Awarded Best Translated Book Award (2013).
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2012· 5 entries
The Guardian: Herta Müller: a life in books
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The Guardian: Mo Yan's Nobel nod a 'catastrophe', says fellow laureate Herta Müller
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The Guardian: The Hunger Angel by Herta Müller – review
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Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (2012).
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Müller commented on the Nobel Prize for Mo Yan by saying that the Swedish Academy had apparently chosen an author who 'celebrates censorship'
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2011· 3 entries
The Guardian: The Appointment by Herta Müller – review
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Awarded Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize (2011).
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Awarded Monismanien Prize (2011).
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2010· 3 entries
Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2010).
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Awarded Hoffmann von Fallersleben Prize (2010).
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The Guardian: Herta Müller dodged Romanian secret police by proofreading in forest
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2009· 15 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature — who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed.
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The Guardian: Herta Müller 'has a psychosis', claims Romanian agent who spied on her
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The Guardian: Portobello Books signs up Herta Müller's new novel
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The Guardian: The Passport by Herta Müller | Book review
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The Guardian: The Passport and Nadirs by Herta Müller | Book review
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The Guardian: Mantel and Müller: a twin triumph of high quality over high profile
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The Guardian: Herta Müller Nobel laureate on the Romanian Securitate
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The Guardian: Why Herta Müller matters
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The Guardian: Extract from The Passport by Herta Müller
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The Guardian: Herta Müller wins the Nobel prize for literature
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The Guardian: Herta Müller takes Nobel prize for literature
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Awarded Ehrengabe der Heinrich-Heine-Gesellschaft (2009).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (2009).
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Awarded Franz Werfel Human Rights Award (2009).
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Müller enjoyed the greatest international success of her career
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Würth-Preis für Europäische Literatur (2006).
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Awarded Walter-Hasenclever-Literaturpreis (2006).
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Berliner Literaturpreis (2005).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Joseph-Breitbach-Preis (2003).
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2002· 1 entry
Won Carl Zuckmayer Medal (2002).
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Cicero Orator Prize (2001).
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Awarded Tübinger Poetik-Dozentur (2001).
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Franz-Kafka-Preis (1999).
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1998· 3 entries
Awarded Brüder-Grimm-Poetikprofessur (1998).
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Awarded Ida-Dehmel-Literaturpreis (1998).
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Awarded Dublin Literary Award (1998).
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Franz Nabl Prize (1997).
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Withdrew from the PEN centre of Germany in protest of its merger with the former German Democratic Republic branch
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded Stadtschreiber von Bergen (1995).
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Awarded Aristeion Prize (1995).
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Kleist Prize (1994).
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded German Critics' Prize (1992).
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis (1991).
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Roswitha Prize (1990).
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1989· 2 entries
Awarded Marieluise-Fleißer-Preis (1989).
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Awarded Deutscher Sprachpreis (1989).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Ricarda-Huch-Preis (1987).
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1986· 1 entry
Is, according to The Times Literary Supplement, "couched in the strange code engendered by repression: indecipherable because there is nothing specific to decipher, it is candid, but somehow beside the point, redolent of
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1985· 3 entries
Awarded Rauriser Literaturpreis (1985).
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Awarded Förderpreis zum Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen for Nadirs (1985).
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Müller was finally allowed to leave along with her then-husband, novelist Richard Wagner, in 1987, and they settled in West Berlin, where both still live
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded Aspekte-Literaturpreis (1984).
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1982· 2 entries
Awarded Premiul UTC la secțiunea „lucrări în limbile naționalităților conlocuitoare" (1982).
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Receiving a prize from the Central Committee of the Union of Communist Youth
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn-Förderpreis (1981).
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1976· 1 entry
Müller began working as a translator for an engineering factory, but was dismissed in 1979 for her refusal to cooperate with the Securitate, the Communist regime's secret police
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1953· 1 entry
Born 1953-08-17.
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1945· 1 entry
Her mother, born 1928 as Katarina Gion, then aged 17, was among 100,000 of the German minority deported to forced labour camps in the Soviet Union, from which she was released in 1950
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