Der König verneigt sich und tötet (The King Bows and Kills) is an essay book in German by Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize in Literature

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...

-winning author Herta Müller

Herta Müller

Herta Müller is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist noted for her works depicting the effects of violence, cruelty and terror, usually in the setting of Communist Romania under the repressive Nicolae Ceauşescu regime which she experienced herself...

. It was first published in 2003. Translations in Polish and Swedish were published in 2005. Following her 2009 Nobel Prize win, interest in her books rose dramatically, and her publisher announced a translation to English was being considered.

• Müller, Herta (2003) Der König verneigt sich und tötet München: Hanser
  Carl Hanser Verlag
  Carl Hanser Verlag is a German publishing house, established in 1928 by Carl Hanser in Munich. Among the authors he published are Herta Müller, Martin Mosebach, Reinhard Jirgl, and David Grossman....
  
  ; 208p. ISBN 9783596175345
  • (Swedish) Kungen bugar och dödar (2005) Translator: Karin Löfdahl; Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand
    Wahlström & Widstrand
    Wahlström & Widstrand is a Swedish book publishing company.Wahlström & Widstrand was established in 1885 by two book sellers in Stockholm, Per Karl Wahlström and Wilhelm Widstrand. The company started publishing fiction in the 1890s...