Tuesday, December 22, 2009

The Passport



From : FINANCIAL TIMES


Photo : Silviu Ghetie/EPA








Herta Müller, this year’s Nobel Prize winner for literature.





Was born into the German-speaking minority in the Banat region of Romania, the descendants of Catholics encouraged to settle during the 18th century by the Austrian Empire on lands regained from the Ottomans. This background provides the subject matter for much of her work, and is also the source of her distinctive and powerful voice.


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