Posts Tagged ‘Prose’

Women Sweep Literature Prizes

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Is it an accident, the judging panels, a mini-trend or are the tides turning? With the sweep of this year's literary awards, all eyes are on the women who won. Judges' comments are noting the detail, vividness and emotional power of their writing. Nobel Prize in Literature: Herta Müller From the Swedish Academy : The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2009 is awarded to the German author Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts

Nobel gets one right!: Herta Muller wins the 2009 Literature Prize

Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Herta Müller, the Romanian-born German novelist and essayist who writes of the oppression of Communist dictatorship in her native country and the terrible existence of the political exile, won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. Announcing the award in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy described Ms. Müller as a writer “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed.” Her award coincides with the 20th anniversary of the fal

Nobel pentru Hetha Muller

Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Imi place cum de fiecare data cand un scriitor evitat de oficiali isi vede recunoscuta importanta , teoriile oficiale incep sa se bata cu pumnii in piept. “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed” Herta Müller was born on August 17, 1953 in the German-speaking town Nitzkydorf in Banat, Romania. Her parents were members of the German-speaking minority in Romania. Her father had served in the Waffen SS during World War