Herta Mueller, Germany author, wins the 2009 Noble prize for Literature, which has been announced by academy in Stockholm. Mueller, born from a Romania's family in 1953, possesses the character of depiction of the harsh conditions under Nicolae Ceausescu's regime. The Swedish academy Mueller for both her poetry and prose. Also, she was stunned and still cannot believe it.
Mueller features landscape-depiction of the dispossessed: her poetry is full of concentration; her prose, frankness. In 1987, she emigrated to Germany after being dismissed from her job in Romania during the 1970s due to her refusal to cooperate with the regime's secret police. In later years, she won several prizes for literature, gradually known by people. She will receive the prize of 10 million Swedish Kronor as well as her Noble honour at a ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December.
German Chacellor Angela Merkel said that Mueller "more than the deserved" the prize. Also, she added:"We are of course happy that Herta Muelle has found a home in Germany and I congratulate her from the bottom of my heart."
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(1)Regime: a system of government, especially one that has not been elected in a fair way.
(2)Academy: a type of official organization which aims to encourage and develope art, literature, science, etc.
(3)Dispossess: to take sb's property, land or house away from them.