The Nobel Prize for Literature 2009
Awards
The Nobel Prize for Literature 2009
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize for Literature has annually honored writers who have produced "the most outstanding work in an ideal direction," in genres ranging from poetry, novels and short stories, to essays, speeches and plays. On October 8, 2009, the Swedish Academy awarded their 102nd prize to German author Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed"
For more information about Herta Müller and the Nobel Prize for Literature, or for details about past recipients, please visit http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/
