herta mueller's collection of short stories

Green Plums in the Wind (Taiwan Edition)

In 29, Miller, a German female writer in Nobel Prize in Literature, was more like an outsider in the literary circle

The final winner of the 29 Nobel Prize in Literature was neither amos oz, the most popular Israeli writer predicted by the outside world, nor luis goytisolo, a Spanish writer favored by domestic academic circles.

this result definitely belongs to the unpopular one. Only Taiwan Province has introduced a traditional Chinese version of "Green Plum in the Wind", but none of the simplified Chinese version has been introduced. Not only is the public quite unfamiliar, but experts in the field of German literature research in China know little about it. German literary circles also looked at each other, and even Miller himself said after learning the result that he was "very surprised" by winning the prize.

herta mueller:

Born in Romania on August 17th, 1953, he moved to Germany in 1987 and now lives in Berlin. Most of her works depict the miserable life of the lower classes in Romania. Her first novel was published in German in Romania in 1982 and became a banned book, which caused widespread controversy for a while. Representative works include All I Have, Beyond Light Years, Walking Boundary, River Running, Depression, and The Fox was a Hunter at that time. He has won several literary awards, such as the German Kleist Literature Award and the franz kafka prize.

herta mueller, an "amateur writer" in the literary circle, is the 12th female winner in the history of Nobel Prize in Literature who has never been known to the domestic public before and is not familiar to the Germans themselves.

It is reported that herta mueller was born in 1953 to a German-speaking Romanian minority family. According to the data, her father served in the German SS during World War II, and her mother was imprisoned in a labor camp after World War II. This special family background undoubtedly has a far-reaching impact on her future creation.

herta mueller, who is bilingual, worked as a translator after graduation. The Romanian Ministry of National Security wanted to invite her to cooperate, but she refused, and then she was expelled from the company. Later, she could only make a living by teaching in kindergarten and tutoring in German, and married another novelist, Richard Wagner. During her translation, she wrote a collection of short stories, The Lowlands, which could be published in Romania, but the manuscript was published in Germany and aroused repercussions. She has repeatedly criticized the Romanian government. In 1987, herta mueller, who lost her job, immigrated to Germany with her husband.

herta mueller's works focus on the political reality and the current situation of the bottom of society. Li Changke, a professor of German Department in Peking University, summed up herta mueller's writing characteristics in an interview and said, "Her works are a kind of confessional literature, mainly focusing on recalling the past, reflecting on history and depicting the fate of the oppressed who lost their homes." In his opinion, metaphor, metonymy, symbolism and suggestion make her works different. However, Li Changke also pointed out that herta mueller is more like an "outsider" in German literature than Grasse, a famous German writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature ten years ago. He can only be regarded as an "amateur writer" in European literary circles, and he usually needs to work.

Du Xinhua, German literature editor of World Literature of China Academy of Social Sciences, published a short story "A fly flies halfway through the forest" by herta mueller in the fifth issue of World Literature in 23. The novel describes the life experience of a low-level worker in Romania. "The most impressive thing about Miller's works is the very poetic language." But she also said that herta mueller won the Nobel Prize in Literature, "It's an incredible result."

herta mueller: Exiled and injured people

What's the difference between welfare lottery in Wang Pei and Nobel Prize in Literature? The lottery method is different, the lottery shakes the number, and the Nobel Prize shakes its head.

In p>29, Nobel Prize in Literature awarded herta mueller, a German-born Romanian writer, which puzzled literary lovers all over the world. Even in the west, Miller is not an influential writer. Only four of her books have been translated into English, and two of them are essays. In the Chinese world, everyone is even stranger to her. However, Nobel Prize in Literature still likes her. In the award speech, she wrote: "With the washing of poetry and the fluency of prose, she presented the situation of the plundered."

herta mueller was born in German-speaking Romania in 1953, which created conditions for her future writing and integration into Germany. Miller's father was the SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, and because of this disgraceful history, her mother was implicated. Miller studied German literature and Romanian literature in college. In 1976, I began to work as a translator in a factory. According to her memory, she was fired from the factory because she refused to cooperate with the Romanian national security department. Since then, she has made a living as a kindergarten teacher and made up her mind to be a writer. In order to avoid the scrutiny of Romanian authorities, her works were published in Germany, which attracted the attention of literary circles at that time.

In p>1987, Miller and her husband moved to Germany, and in the following days, she was supported by many projects in Germany and overseas. Miller was awarded a member of the German Society of Writing and Poetry and other honors in 1995. In 1997, she angrily withdrew because the German Pen Club had absorbed some East German members with dirty history.

herta mueller's works paint a tragic picture of Romania being insulted and hurt. His first book was published in German in Romania in 1982 and became a banned book. Representative works include All I Have, Beyond Light Years, Walking Boundaries, River Running, Depression, and The Fox was a Hunter at that time.

Although Miller left Romania more than 2 years ago, her life in Romania is an inexhaustible source of her writing. Her works are mostly about the current situation of the bottom of society. Dating is about a female worker who works in a clothing factory. She puts a small note in a suit from an Italian man and says "Marry me". Her other work Passport tells the story of a countryman who immigrated to Germany in a small German-speaking village in Romania. Miller's new book focuses on a 17-year-old boy who went to a construction site in Ukraine. Miller said: "The most meaningful life for me was the experience under the centralized rule of Romania. Life in Germany is very simple, just a few hundred kilometers away, which is my past experience. " There is no denying that Miller's winning the Nobel Prize has something to do with her political stance.

However, Miller's writing is smart and poetic. This can be seen from The Big Axis of Black, which begins with: "Well is neither a window nor a mirror. Looking into the well for a long time, I often look into it. At that time, grandpa's face will rise from the bottom of the well and stop next to mine. There is water between his lips. " Because of her literary skill and direct writing in German, the Nobel Prize judge didn't look tired, and it was logical for her to win the prize.

It is worth mentioning that China poet Kitajima is also nominated for this Nobel Prize, and the odds of winning the prize offered by the gambling company for him are comparable to Miller's.

Li Ao once said that Nobel Prize in Literature likes to give it to people who deviate from their motherland. Whether this statement is correct or not, one thing is certain. Romanians will have mixed feelings when they see the news of her winning the prize.