- Herta Müller was born on August 17, 1953 in Nitzkydorf, Banat, Romania. She is a writer, known for Vulpe - vânator (1993), Traveling on One Leg (2016) and An den Rand geschrieben - Rumäniendeutsche Schriftsteller im Fadenkreuz der Securitate (2010). She is married to Harry Merkle. She was previously married to Richard Wagner.
- SpousesRichard Wagner(1984 - 1989) (divorced)Harry Merkle(? - present)
- German author and essayist.
- Herta Müller was born in communist Romania in Nitzkydorf, traditionally a German-speaking town with inhabitants of German descent (Banat Swabians). She emigrated and became a West-German citizen in 1987.
- Herta Müller has been the recipient of the 'Marieluise-Fleißer Prize' (1990), the 'Kranichsteiner Literary Prize' (1991), the 'Kleist Prize' (1994), the European Literary Prize 'Aristeion' (1995), the 'Carl-Zuckmayer-Medal' (2002), the 'Berliner Literature Prize' (2005), the 'Heinrich Böll Prize' (2015), the 'Friedrich Hölderin Prize' (2015) and over 30 more awards and honors.
- In 2009 Herta Müller won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- In 2012 Herta Müller received an honorary doctorate from the Paderborn University (Germany), the Swansea University (UK) and the Dickinson College in Carlisle (USA).
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