German author Herta Mueller has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature, the academy in Stockholm has announced.The Romanian-born writer follows last year's French winner Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, while British writer Doris Lessing won in 2007.
Mueller, born in 1953, is renowned for her depiction of the harsh conditions under Nicolae Ceausescu's regime.
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