Germany's Mueller wins 2009 Nobel literature prize

Herta Müller (born August 17, 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist noted for her works depicting the harsh conditions of life in Romania under Ceauşescu.

German writer Herta Mueller won the 2009 Nobel prize for literature, the award committee said on Thursday.

The Swedish Academy, which decides the winner of the 10 million Swedish crown ($1.4 million) prize, recognized Mueller for her ability to depict "the landscape of the dispossessed."

All but one of the prizes were established in the will of 19th century dynamite tycoon Alfred Nobel and have been handed out since 1901. The economics award was established by Sweden's central bank in 1968.

• Niederungen, short stories, censored version published in Bucharest 1982. Uncensored version published in Germany 1984. Published in English as Nadirs in 1999.
• Drückender Tango ("Oppressive Tango"), stories, Bucharest 1984
• Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt, Berlin 1986. Published in English as The Passport, Serpent's Tail, 1989 ISBN 9781852421397
• Barfüßiger Februar ("Barefoot February"), Berlin 1987
• Reisende auf einem Bein, Berlin 1989. Published in English as Traveling on One Leg, Hydra Books/Northwestern University Press, 1992.
• Wie Wahrnehmung sich erfindet ("How Perception Invents Itself"), Paderborn 1990
• Der Teufel sitzt im Spiegel ("The Devil is Sitting in the Mirror"), Berlin 1991
• Der Fuchs war damals schon der Jäger ("Even Back Then, the Fox Was the Hunter), Reinbek by Hamburg 1992
• Eine warme Kartoffel ist ein warmes Bett ("A Warm Potato Is a Warm Bed), Hamburg 1992
• Der Wächter nimmt seinen Kamm ("The Guard Takes His Comb"), Reinbek by Hamburg 1993
• Angekommen wie nicht da ("Arrived As If Not There"), Lichtenfels 1994
• Herztier, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994. Published in an English translation by Michael Hofmann as The Land of Green Plums, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1996
• Hunger und Seide ("Hunger and Silk"), essays, Reinbek by Hamburg 1995
• In der Falle ("In a Trap"), Göttingen 1996
• Heute wär ich mir lieber nicht begegnet, Reinbek by Hamburg 1997. Published in English as The Appointment, Metropolitan Books/Picador, New York/London 2001
• Der fremde Blick oder das Leben ist ein Furz in der Laterne ("The Foreign View, or Life Is a Fart in a Lantern"), Göttingen 1999
• Im Haarknoten wohnt eine Dame ("A Lady Lives in the Hair Knot"), poetry, Reinbek by Hamburg 2000
• Heimat ist das, was gesprochen wird ("Home Is What Is Spoken There"), Blieskastel 2001
• Der König verneigt sich und tötet ("The King Bows and Kills), essays, Munich (and elsewhere) 2003
• Die blassen Herren mit den Mokkatassen ("The Pale Gentlemen with their Espresso Cups"), Munich (and elsewhere) 2005