2009 Nobel Prize in Literature
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Romanian-German author Herta Müller (born 1953) "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed." She is the ninth German-language writer to become a recipient of the prize after Günter Grass in 1999.
| 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature | |
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| Herta Müller | |
"who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed." | |
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| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Presented by | Swedish Academy |
| First awarded | 1901 |
| Website | Official website |
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