The Nobel Prize in literature goes to Herta Mueller, a German writer born in Romania persecuted for her critical descriptions of life behind the Iron Curtain.

• 诺贝尔文学奖颁发给了德国作家赫塔穆勒，她出生在罗马尼亚。她因用辛辣的手法描写铁幕下的生活而受到迫害。