Herta Müller in "Babel" on Swedish TV

In Swedish and German. 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. Interviewed in Stockholm by Maria Magnusson for the channel SVT. Re-broadcasted on 8 okt 2009.

I risk departing from the subject, but: Müller speaks of growing up in a small minority language community. There are somewhat similar (but also different) questions relating to minority languages in Sweden. No regional dialects are recognized by the Swedish authorities. Only two territorial languages. Much more could be done for the sometimes very different and unknown dialects and their small communities. See http://www.scania.org/fuen2009/resolution_scania_2009_EN.pdf .

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• nobel
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• 2009

[pollybleekr]

Sehr schön gesagt!

[selebe]

Respect Herta Müller.

romanii va respecta......sper din toata inima cand pronuntati ROMANIA sa va vina in minte/suflet termenul ACASA.....stiu ca nu va mai simtiti ACASA aici in ROMANIA,stiu ca GERMANIA e casa dumneavoastra....dar sa nu uitati ca sunt oameni aici care va respecta din tot sufletul si sper sa simtiti si dumneavoastra ceva pentru noi (sunt sigur de asta)....Saru' mana doamna.

mi-as dori sa am un autograf de la dumneavoastra,asa e un vis de-al meu.

RESPECT Germany.

[ToniSotte]

So ganz nebenher ist der diesjährige Nobelpreis auch eine Anerkennung, dass es mehrere "deutsche Sprachen" gibt, die alle genauso legitim sind. Und die alle genauso schön sein können, wenn sie gepflegt werden. Mitunter kann die außerhalb Deutschlands verwurzelte deutsche Sprache sogar bewusster und inniger gepflegt werden.

[pacoiec]

no entiendo, carajo!

[ofofmai]

Congratulations to Ms. Muller.

can anyone there post the video with English subtitles? I think it would be greatly appreaciated at least for US viewers. many thanks

[victor1k]

powerful writing, overwhelming at times thank you Herta for writing about what it meant to grow up in a dictatorship your gift is undeniable; thank you Germany for giving her a voice and THANK YOU Sweden for introducing her to the world

[greuisagasestiunnume]

she is from romania yay , she's from Timisoara and I'm from Timisoara too , i'm very very happy for her !

[LinguaTV]

Congratulations! This is already the second nobelprize received by a "Berliner" ;-) Grüße vom LinguaTV-Team

[Rongart]

herzlichen glückwunsch herta!!!

und dank fürs posten!

[fwbz]

Sie macht einen sympathischen Eindruck. - Habe mir soeben "Atemschaukel" gekauft - das war das einzige Buch und auch Exemplar, was der Buchladen von ihr hatte und zum Glück war ich der erste, der nach ihr gefragt hat. - Das Thema interessiert mich jedenfalls sehr und ich bin neugierig auf ihren Schreibstil.