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.