Birgit Vanderbeke Explained

Birgit Vanderbeke (8 August 1956 – 24 December 2021) was a German writer.

Biography

Born in Dahme, East Germany, Vanderbeke grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, after her family moved to West Germany in 1961.

Vanderbeke studied Law, Germanic and Romance languages. The English translation of her debut novel, , by Jamie Bulloch was published in 2013 by Peirene Press as The Mussel Feast. In 1993, she settled in southern France.[1]

She died on 24 December 2021, at age of 65.[2]

Works

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. News: Der deutsche Akzent ist niedlich (Interview with Vanderbeke) . Iris Alanyali . . 18 January 2003 . 28 November 2010 . de.
  2. Web site: Birgit Vanderbeke: Autorin von "Das Muschelessen" ist tot . . 28 December 2021 . de . 28 December 2021.
  3. Web site: Deutsche Autorin Birgit Vanderbeke 65-jährig gestorben . . 28 December 2021 . de . 28 December 2021.
  4. Web site: Bartels . Gerrit . Schriftstellerin Birgit Vanderbeke gestorben . . 28 December 2021 . de . 28 December 2021.
  5. Web site: Hans-Fallada-Preis: Schriftstellerin Birgit Vanderbeke wird geehrt . . 27 November 2001 . de . 28 December 2021.
  6. Web site: Birgit Vanderbeke wird Grimm-Professorin an der Uni Kassel . Ingrid Hildebrand . 10 April 2007 . University of Kassel . German . 26 November 2010.
  7. Web site: Knausgaard heads Independent foreign fiction prize shortlist . The Guardian . Alison Flood . 8 April 2014 . 10 April 2014.