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Romanian takes Nobel Prize in literature

Posted: October 9, 2009 at 5:06 a.m.

Herta Mueller, a little-known Romanian-born author who was persecuted for her critical depictions of life behind the Iron Curtain, won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday.

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