Herta Müller

Herta Müller
(2012)
Born	17 August 1953 (1953-08-17) Niţchidorf, Timiş County, Romania
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	German, Romanian
Period	late 20th–early 21st century
Notable award(s)	Nobel Prize in Literature 2009
Spouse(s)	Richard Wagner
Influences Richard Wagner (novelist), Romanian literature, German literature

Herta Müller (born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist noted for her works depicting the harsh conditions of life in Communist Romania under the repressive Nicolae Ceauşescu regime, the history of the Germans in the Banat (and more broadly, Transylvania), and the persecution of Romanian ethnic Germans by Stalinist Soviet occupying forces in Romania. Müller has been an internationally well-known author since the early 1990s, and her works have been translated into more than 20 languages. She has received over 20 awards, including the 1998 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. On 8 October 2009, it was announced she would be awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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