European roundup: Abraham double fuels revitalised Roma at Atalanta
The England forward opened the scoring after just 55 seconds in Roma’s 4-1 win, while Borussia Dortmund lost to Hertha and Barcelona scraped past Elche
August 2017
Lost to translation: how English readers miss out on foreign female writers
Only a third of books translated into English last year were by female writers. As Women in Translation month wraps up, we investigate why – and if things are changing
March 2016
Books blog
Translated fiction by women must stop being a minority in a minority
Katy Derbyshire
As the 2016 Man Booker International prize longlist shows, a shamefully small number of books from other countries make it into English, and even fewer are by women. It’s time this changed
December 2013
More Dynamite: Collected Essays 1990-2012 by Craig Raine; Cristina and Her Double: Selected Essays by Herta Müller – review
Craig Raine's essays straddle the divide between high and low culture, while the Romanian-born Herta Müller deftly describes the horrors of Ceausescu's rule, writes Ian Thomson
November 2012
A life in ...
Herta Müller: a life in books
'Ceausescu was mad and he made half of Romania mad. I'm mad because of him'
Mo Yan's Nobel nod a 'catastrophe', says fellow laureate Herta Müller
German writer blasts decision to award this year's Nobel prize for literature to man who 'celebrates censorship'
The Hunger Angel by Herta Müller – review
Helen Dunmore acclaims Herta Müller's remarkable tale of suffering and survival
August 2011
The Appointment by Herta Müller – review
by Alfred Hickling
March 2010
Herta Müller dodged Romanian secret police by proofreading in forest
Nobel laureate Herta Müller met her proofreader in the woods to escape the attentions of Romania's notorious Securitate, she tells book fair audience
November 2009
Herta Müller 'has a psychosis', claims Romanian agent who spied on her
Former head of Securitate claims Nobel prize-winning author 'has no contact with external reality'
Portobello Books signs up Herta Müller's new novel
Independent publisher sees off competition in fierce auction for rights to Nobel winner
The Passport by Herta Müller
Nobel-winner Herta Müller's bleak novel of Romanian desperationimpresses Jessica Holland
October 2009
The Passport and Nadirs by Herta Müller
Robert McCrum on books
Mantel and Müller: a twin triumph of high quality over high profile
The winner of the Nobel prize for literature 2009 recalls her treatment by the Romanian Securitate
