Herta Mueller wins 2009 Nobel for Literature

By DPA, IANS
Thursday, October 8, 2009

STOCKHOLM - Herta Mueller of Germany has won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm Thursday.

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