Writing · Writer
Born Aug 17, 1953
Active 1993–present · Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn-Förderpreis, Premiul UTC la secțiunea „lucrări în limbile naționalităților conlocuitoare", Aspekte-Literaturpreis, Rauriser Literaturpreis, Förderpreis zum Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen, Marieluise-Fleißer-Preis, Deutscher Sprachpreis
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.