Find 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature Winner Herta Müller's Work in English

2009 Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Herta Müller may have kept a fairly low profile outside of Germany over the course of her career, but her works are about to become required reading around the world. In awarding Herta Müller the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy released the justification that, "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed." Ms. Müller was a victim of persecution and censorship in Romania, the land of her birth, before emigrating to Germany in 1987. Her works chronicle in flowing, novel form Ceausescu's dictatorship, censorship, corruption and oppression.

Five of her twenty-some published books have been translated to English, to date: The Appointment and The Land of Green Plums, published by Metropolitan Books of MacMillan; Nadirs and Traveling on One Leg (Hydra Books), published by the University of Nebraska Press; and The Passport, published by Serpent's Tail. If you have not had the opportunity to read the books by Herta Müller that have been translated to English, you have several options available.

Order Herta Müller Books New from the Publishers:

According to the New York Times, Metropolitan Books intends to rerelease The Appointment and The Land of Green Plums in hardback. You can order both hardback and paperback from MacMillan online.

You can order the Herta Müller short story collection, Nadirs, in hardback or paperback, and Traveling on One Leg in trade paperback from the University of Nebraska Press.

The Passport is available from Serpent's Tail in paperback.

Buy Herta Müller Books from Online New and Used Book Retailers:

Amazon has new copies of The Land of Green Plums and Nadirs in stock in paperback, and you can get Traveling on One Leg in hardback with a delivery time of three to six weeks. Amazon also has some used options available.

Barnes & Nobel has some used options available but won't have new copies of The Passport and Nadirs until mid November.

As of this writing, Abe Books has several copies of The Land of Green Plums , Nadirs, a few copies of Traveling on One Leg , and one pricey copy of The Appointment ($80).

Find Herta Müller Books at Your Local Library or Used Book Store:

If you're open to used books, make sure to call your local used bookstores and make sure to reserve any Herta Müller work that they have before heading out. And don't forget your local library. Even if you're willing to wait for a reprint to get your own copy, you can get a head start on reading by supporting a library near you.

Sources:

nobelprize.org : "Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature"
New York Times: "Herta Müller Wins Nobel Prize in Literature"