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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009

Herta Müller

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009

Nobel Prize Award Ceremony

Herta Müller

Herta Müller

Prize Announcement

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature by Professor Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 8 October 2009.

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Interview

Following the announcement, Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, told senior editor Simon Frantz why Herta Müller's uniqueness comes from the double experience of being part of a minority language while being under an oppressed society.

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