1953 - Today
Herta Müller (German: [ˈhɛʁ.ta ˈmʏ.lɐ] (listen); born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Nițchidorf (German: Nitzkydorf), Timiș County in Romania, her native language is German. Since the early 1990s, she has been internationally established, and her works have been translated into more than twenty languages.Müller is noted for her works depicting the effects of violence, cruelty and terror, usually in the setting of the Socialist Republic of Romania under the repressive Nicolae Ceaușescu regime which she has experienced herself. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herta Müller has received more than 363,596 page views. Her biography is available in 98 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2019). Herta Müller is the 456th most popular writer (down from 407th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Romania (down from 19th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Romanian Writer.
Herta Müller is most famous for her novel "The Land of Green Plums," which was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2009.
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Among writers, Herta Müller ranks 456 out of 5,794. Before her are Pierre de Marivaux, Henri Barbusse, Sayyid Qutb, Lysias, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, and Louisa May Alcott. After her are Joris-Karl Huysmans, Harold Pinter, Tulsidas, Wu Cheng'en, Thomas Paine, and Statius.
1688 - 1763
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 450
1873 - 1935
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 451
1906 - 1966
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 452
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 453
1883 - 1945
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 454
1832 - 1888
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 455
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 456
1848 - 1907
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 457
1930 - 2008
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 458
1532 - 1623
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 459
1500 - 1582
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 460
1737 - 1809
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 461
40 - 96
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 462
Among people born in 1953, Herta Müller ranks 6. Before her are Xi Jinping, Moon Jae-in, Zico, Pierce Brosnan, and Norodom Sihamoni. After her are Kim Basinger, Jeffrey Epstein, Brigitte Macron, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Richard Stallman, and Isabelle Huppert.
1953 - Present
HPI: 81.64
Rank: 1
1953 - Present
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 2
1953 - Present
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 3
1953 - Present
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 4
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 5
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 6
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 7
1953 - 2019
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 8
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 9
1953 - 2001
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 11
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 12
Among people born in Romania, Herta Müller ranks 24 out of 572. Before her are Constantin Brâncuși (1876), Carol II of Romania (1893), Paul Celan (1920), Stephen III of Moldavia (1433), György Ligeti (1923), and Ion Iliescu (1930). After her are Theodoric I (393), Iannis Xenakis (1922), Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Elie Wiesel (1928), and Bela Lugosi (1882).
1876 - 1957
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 18
1893 - 1953
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 19
1920 - 1970
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 20
1433 - 1504
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 21
1923 - 2006
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 22
1930 - Present
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 23
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 24
393 - 451
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 25
1922 - 2001
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 26
1901 - 1965
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 27
1889 - 1974
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 28
1928 - 2016
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 29
1882 - 1956
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 30
Among writers born in Romania, Herta Müller ranks 4. Before her are Eugène Ionesco (1909), Tristan Tzara (1896), and Paul Celan (1920). After her are Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Elie Wiesel (1928), Mihai Eminescu (1850), Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Panait Istrati (1884), Dositej Obradović (1742), Károly Kerényi (1897), and Lajos Zilahy (1891).
1909 - 1994
HPI: 80.83
Rank: 1
1896 - 1963
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 2
1920 - 1970
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 3
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 4
1889 - 1974
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 5
1928 - 2016
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 6
1850 - 1889
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 7
1673 - 1723
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 8
1884 - 1935
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 9
1742 - 1811
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 10
1897 - 1973
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 11
1891 - 1974
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 12