“What can't be said can be written.
Because writing is a silent act, a labor from the head to the hand.” – Herta Muller
Born on this date in
1953, Nobel Prize winner Muller is a German novelist, poet and essayist noted
for her works depicting the effects of violence, cruelty and terror. Her primary setting has been Communist
Romania under the repressive Nicolae Ceaușescu regime, which she experienced
herself as a child and young woman.
Also winner of the International
Dublin Literary Award and the Franz Werfel Human Rights Award, she was
described by the Swedish Nobel Institute as a woman "… who, with the
concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of
the dispossessed.”
A one-time
translator, 
Muller's books have usually been written in German then re-released in
multiple languages, beginning with her award-winning and very gripping novel The Passport. Also a teacher, she said writing has been
an integral part of her life since childhood.
Muller's books have usually been written in German then re-released in
multiple languages, beginning with her award-winning and very gripping novel The Passport. Also a teacher, she said writing has been
an integral part of her life since childhood.
“In
writing, one searches,” she said, “and
that is what keeps one writing, that one sees and experiences things from
another angle entirely; one experiences oneself during the process of writing.”
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