Winner of Nobel Prize in literature announced

PanARMENIAN.Net - Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature this year was the German writer Herta Müller, the Swedish Academy's permanent secretary Peter Englund said. 



Herta Müller was born in Romania. For a long time she worked as a translator and teacher of German language, and in 1987 emigrated from the country for her political beliefs. Since then, she lives and works in Germany. 



56-year-old Herta Mueller is an author of eighteen novels and stories, a winner of more than twenty prestigious literary awards, among them - Berlin, Dublin, Bremen's literature prizes, the prize of Graz, the Kafka Prize, an award after Kleist and many others. Her books were translated into more than twenty languages, including Chinese, Turkish, Spanish.



Nobel Prize ceremony will be held in Stockholm and Oslo on the day of the death of Alfred Nobel, December 10th.