Mueller wins Nobel literature prize – answers

true/false

1. Herta Mueller is used to dealing with the media. F: ‘she’d better get used to…’
2. She began her career in 1982. T: ‘made her debut’
3. Her first work was a novel published in 1982. F: it was a collection of short stories
4. She learnt German after coming to Berlin. F: she lived in a German-speaking minority group in Romania
5. The prize is 1.4 million euros. F: 1.4m US dollars
6. She is overwhelmed by the news. T: it hasn’t sunk in
7. Her books reflect her life in Romania. T
8. Mueller was an informer in Romania. F: she refused to become one
9. She is very popular in Germany. F: she isn’t very well known by the average German
10. Her reader like her ability to use powerful language. T