The Swedish Acadmeny announced on Thursday that Romanian-born German novelist and essayist Herta Müller won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature for The Appointment a book set against the backdrop of Ceausescu's totalitarian regime. It is a story of a young Romanian factory worker--so desperate to escape the betrayal and hardships of her life that she sews notes offering marriage into the linings of suits bound for Italy. She is found out and is… Continue

British novelist Hilary Mantel, who was bookies' favourite to win this year's Man Booker prize, was named the winner for her book Wolf Hall', her vividly told tale of Thomas Cromwell's rise to prominence in the Tudor court.
Wolf Hall had been one of the hottest favourites in years with, according to Ladbrokes, 80% of all bets on the winner.
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