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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 language is German. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herta Müller has received more than 539,308 page views. Her biography is available in 102 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 98 in 2019). Herta Müller is the 384th most popular writer (up from 456th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Romania (up from 24th 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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  • 540k

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  • 68.16

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  • 102

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Herta Müller ranks 384 out of 5,755. Before her are Erich von Däniken, Sándor Márai, Tulsidas, Dan Brown, Jo Nesbø, and W. Somerset Maugham. After her are Friedrich Dürrenmatt, André Maurois, Henning Mankell, Ammianus Marcellinus, Edmondo De Amicis, and Hector Malot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Herta Müller ranks 8. Before her are Moon Jae-in, Pierce Brosnan, Zico, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and Brigitte Macron. After her are Norodom Sihamoni, Kim Basinger, Isabelle Huppert, Richard Clayderman, Jeffrey Epstein, and John Malkovich.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Herta Müller ranks 22 out of 665. Before her are Vlad II Dracul (1395), Johnny Weissmuller (1904), Béla Kun (1886), Paul Celan (1920), Constantin Brâncuși (1876), and Stephen III of Moldavia (1433). After her are Ion Iliescu (1930), Mircea Lucescu (1945), György Ligeti (1923), Theodoric I (393), Nadia Comăneci (1961), and Elie Wiesel (1928).

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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), Mihai Eminescu (1850), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Panait Istrati (1884), Dositej Obradović (1742), Ion Creangă (1837), and Károly Kerényi (1897).

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