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Nobel Prize Winner Herta Mueller Inspired By Fear Of Dictatorship

AP | MALIN RISING | Posted 12.08.2009 | Books

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STOCKHOLM — The 2009 Nobel literature prize winner Herta Mueller said Monday she started writing when it was no longer possible to use spoken wo...

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Big News: Women Can Write!

The Huffington Post | Erica Jong | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books

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We have known that women could write since Sappho invented love poetry 2600 years ago. Emily Dickinson, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, George Eliot co...

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Nobel Prizes 2009: A Record Year For Women (SLIDESHOW)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

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AP -- This year a record five women were honored by the Nobel committees. In total, only 40 women have won the prestigious prizes, including Marie Cur...

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Herta Mueller Wins Nobel Prize In Literature

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.08.2009 | Books

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The 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded this morning to Herta Müller, a Romanian-born German poet and novelist, "who," stated the Swedish Acad...

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