WRITER

Herta Müller

1953 - Today

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Herta Müller (German: [ˈhɛʁta ˈmʏlɐ] ; born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was born in Nițchidorf (German: Niczkydorf; Hungarian: Niczkyfalva), Timiș County in Romania; her native languages are German and Romanian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herta Müller has received more than 580,118 page views. Her biography is available in 107 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 102 in 2019). Herta Müller is the 355th most popular writer (up from 383rd in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Romania (down from 22nd 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 107

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Niederungen
1984
Der Fuchs war damals schon der Jäger
1992
Der Mensch ist ein grosser Fasan auf der Welt
1986
Herztier
1994
Atemschaukel
2009

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Herta Müller ranks 355 out of 7,302. Before her are Ezra Pound, Joseph Brodsky, Ken Follett, Louise Glück, Yunus Emre, and Ahmad Yasawi. After her are Mikhail Lermontov, Simonides of Ceos, James Fenimore Cooper, Jorge Amado, Margaret Mitchell, and Christine de Pizan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Herta Müller ranks 9. Before her are Jeffrey Epstein, Moon Jae-in, Tony Blair, Pierce Brosnan, Brigitte Macron, and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. After her are Isabelle Huppert, Kim Basinger, Richard Clayderman, Ahmad Shah Massoud, John Malkovich, and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Herta Müller ranks 23 out of 844. Before her are Carol II of Romania (1893), Béla Kun (1886), Stephen III of Moldavia (1433), Paul Celan (1920), Mircea Lucescu (1945), and Constantin Brâncuși (1876). After her are Ion Iliescu (1930), Vlad II Dracul (1395), György Ligeti (1923), Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), Klaus Iohannis (1959), and Nadia Comăneci (1961).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

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 Elie Wiesel (1928), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Mihai Eminescu (1850), Panait Istrati (1884), Dositej Obradović (1742), Károly Kerényi (1897), and Ion Luca Caragiale (1852).

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