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...Romanian-born German poet and novelist Herta Müller is the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced today. The academy describes Müller as a writer "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed." She is the 12th woman to win the prize in its 109-year history...
...publication of Niederungen was much delayed, and when it finally appeared it was censored extensively, and Romanian critics dismissed it. But Müller managed to smuggle an uncensored copy to Germany, where the stories received rapturous praise. Müller moved to Germany in 1987 and has lived in Berlin with her husband ever since - like her mother before her, a political exile. (See a video with Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus...
...Verdana madness!" pleaded Tokyo's Oliver Reichenstein on Twitter. "Words can't describe my disgust," spat Ben Cristensen of Melbourne. "Horrific," lamented Christian Hughes in Dublin. The online forum Typophile closed its first post on the subject with the words, "It's a sad day." On Aug. 26, Romanian design consultant Marius Ursache started an online petition to get Ikea to change its mind. That night, Verdana was already a trending topic on Twitter, drawing more tweets than even Ted Kennedy. (See TIME's Ted Kennedy coverage...
...meet them) will all be extraordinary in one way or another. Your Ec10 TF might have a recurring role on “Om sarac, om bogat,” that sidesplitting sitcom out of Bucharest. Too bad you’ll never know it, since she only speaks Romanian...
...week's European Parliament elections. Or to Rickard Falkvinge, the founder of Sweden's Pirate Party, whose campaign rallying cry is for free file-sharing over the Internet. Or to Elena Basescu, a.k.a. Romania's Paris Hilton - the flashy It girl, who happens to be the daughter of the Romanian President, also wants to become...