Nobel Prize in Literature for 2009 Goes to . . .
Herta Muller, a German, has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature for “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed” Visit the Nobel Prize site for a full bio and bibliography.
I have not read anything by Muller and, even more embarrassing, am not familiar with this author at all. I said the same thing last year. I guess I’m not very well read. What about you? Have you read anything by Herta Muller?
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No! I have not heard one thing about her. You’d think, as much as we read, that we would have. I’m hanging my head in shame. Maybe someone else has?
on October 8th, 2009 at 11:36 amWell, in all our defense– she’s German-speaking Romanian and only has a few works in English.
I’ll bet if they picked an author from the US we’d have heard of him/her.
If my German weren’t quickly fading into nonexistent, I’d pick up some of her German stuff.
on October 8th, 2009 at 11:46 amThat would be “nonexistence”.
Must proofread BEFORE hitting “submit”….
on October 8th, 2009 at 11:47 amI’m not familiar with Müller either, but the descriptions I’ve read make me interested in reading her work!
on October 8th, 2009 at 12:15 pmNope, haven’t heard of her. Or the 2008 guy. Oh well.
I’m waffling about this weekend. I’m starting to feel sick (Scott’s been sick all week) and I don’t want to risk transferring sickness to my grandma. Hopefully it’s nothing. I’ll let you know–sorry about the late notice.
on October 8th, 2009 at 12:19 pmNo, I have never heard of her and I am from Italy, a little closer to Romania and Germany than the US. The Nobel Prize judges are really choosing writers who are scarcely known outside their countries. Even in Italian her books are not translated, apart from one which is available on the internet and a collection of short stories which is unfortunately out of print.
on October 8th, 2009 at 12:36 pmI have never heard of her either. But that’s not saying a lot, I’m not very well versed in German literature.
on October 8th, 2009 at 1:38 pmNo I haven’t read anything by this author. I’m not sure I have even heard of her until after she won.
on October 10th, 2009 at 10:19 am