Herta Mueller wins 2009 Nobel literature prize
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Your support makes all the difference.Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature today, honoured for work that "with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."
The 56-year-old author, who emigrated to Germany from then-communist Romania in 1987, made her debut in 1982 with a collection of short stories titled "Niederungen," which was promptly censored by the Romanian government. In 1984 an uncensored version was published in Germany and her work depicting life in a small, German-speaking village in Romania was devoured by readers.
That work was followed by "Oppresive Tango" in Romania.
Because of her vocal criticism of Romania's government, and its feared secret police, she and her husband left the country.
The prize includes a 10 million kronor (£892,000) prize and will be handed out on 10 December in the Swedish capital.
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