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Herta Müller – 2009 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature
She may not be well known in the U.S., but Romanian-born German writer Herta Müller has been impressing crowds for years in Germany. Her vivid descriptions of life under communist rule and persecution of Romanian Germans are influenced by her family’s experiences with the Nazi Party and the gulag slave labor camps, as well as her own struggles with the Romanian government over censorship of her work. Only a handful of her books have been translated into English, but her Nobel Prize ensures that it will not stay that way for long.
Look out for:
The Land of the Green Plums
Nadirs
The Passport
Traveling on One Leg
The Appointment
Hilary Mantel – 2009 winner of the Man Booker Prize
Although her newest book is not yet available in stores, Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall has already won her this year’s Man Booker Prize, a literary award bestowed upon the best fiction writers of the Commonwealth of Nations and Ireland. Wolf Hall takes place in 1520s England and tells the story of Thomas Cromwell, the chief minister to King Henry VIII. Although English history may sound like a dull subject, Mantel’s knack for modernizing history has made her a perennial favorite in the United Kingdom. Mantel is not new to receiving awards for her writing, winning top U.K. accolades like the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, the Sunday Express of the Year, the Hawthornden Prize and the Orange Prize for her previous novels and memoirs.
Also by Hilary Mantel:
Every Day is Mother’s Day
A Place of Greater Safety
An Experiment in Love
Giving up the Ghost
Beyond Black
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