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

Biography

Born in Dahme,

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, Vanderbeke grew up in

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, after her family moved to

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in 1961. Vanderbeke studied Law, Germanic and Romance languages. The English translation of her

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, ', by

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was published in 2013 by Peirene Press as ''The Mussel Feast''. Since 1993 she has been living in southern

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

Works

* ', narrative. Rotbuch, Berlin 1990, (1993 als ''Rotbuch-Taschenbuch'', Band 77, / als ''Fischer-TB'' Band 13 783, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ). ** Translation: ''The Mussel Feast'', translator:

, Peirene, London 2013, * ''Fehlende Teile'', narrative. Rotbuch, Berlin 1992, . * ''Gut genug'', narrative. Rotbuch, Berlin 1993, (1996 als ''Rotbuch-Taschenbuch'', Band 1030, / als ''Fischer-Taschenbuch'' Band 13 785, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ). * ''Ich will meinen Mord'', Rowohlt, Berlin 1995, . * ''Friedliche Zeiten'', narrative. Rotbuch, Hamburg 1996, (als ''Fischer-Taschenbuch'', Band 13 786, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ). * ', narrative.

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, Berlin 1997, (als Hörbuch: 2 MC bei Hörverlag München 1998, ). * ''Ich sehe was, was Du nicht siehst'', Fest, Berlin 1999, (als ''Fischer-Taschenbuch'', Band 15 001, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ). * ''Hexenreden'' (mit Gisela von Wysocki und

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). In: ''Göttinger Sudelblätter'', Wallstein, Göttingen 1999, . * ''Ariel oder der Sturm auf die weiße Wäsche'' (editing and epilogue Ralph Schock). In: ''Rede an die Abiturienten des Jahrgangs 2000'', Gollenstein, Blieskastel 2001, . * ''Abgehängt'', narrative. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2001, (als ''Fischer-Taschenbuch'', Band 15 622, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ). * ''Gebrauchsanweisung für Südfrankreich'', Piper 7515, München / Zürich 2002, . * ''Geld oder Leben'', S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2003, . * ''Schmeckt’s?'', Cooking without taboos. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2004, . * ''Sweet sixteen'', S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2005, . * ''Die sonderbare Karriere der Frau Choi'', S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, (als ''Fischer-Taschenbuch'' Band 17 460, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ). * ''Das lässt sich ändern'', Piper, München / Zürich 2011, . * ''Die Frau mit dem Hund'', Piper, München / Zürich 2012, . * ''Der Sommer der Wildschweine'', Piper, München / Zürich 2013, . * ''Ich freue mich, dass ich geboren bin'', Piper, München / Zürich 2016, . * ''Wer dann noch lachen kann'', novel. Piper, München / Zürich 2017, . * ''Alle, die vor uns da waren'', novel. Piper, München / Zürich 2020, .

Awards and honours

*1990

Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis The Festival of German-Language Literature (german: Tage der deutschsprachigen Literatur, links=no) is a literary event which takes place annually in Klagenfurt, Austria. During this major literary festival which lasts for several days a number of ...

for ''Muschelessen'' *1997

Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis is a literary prize of Germany. The Deutsche Literaturfonds (German Literature Fund) based in Darmstadt has been awarding the prize since 1983. The prize money was raised in 2019 from €20,000 to €30,000. In addit ...

*1999

Solothurner Literaturpreis The Solothurner Literaturpreis is a literary award for a literary achievement by a German language writer. Awarded since 1994, the annual prize is 15,000 Swiss francs. It is named after the city of Solothurn in Switzerland. Winners *1994: Moni ...

*1999 Roswitha Prize *2002

Hans Fallada Prize The Hans Fallada Prize is a German literary prize given by the city of Neumünster in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Since 1981 it typically awarded every two years to a young author from the German-speaking world. It is named in honor of ...

*2007 at

University of Kassel The University of Kassel (german: link=no, Universität Kassel) is a university founded in 1971 located in Kassel, Hessen, in central Germany. As of February 2022 it had about 25,000 students and about 3300 staff, including more than 300 profe ...

*2014

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize The ''Independent'' Foreign Fiction Prize (1990–2015) was a British literary award. It was inaugurated by British newspaper ''The Independent'' to honour contemporary fiction in translation in the United Kingdom. The award was first launched i ...

shortlist for ''The Mussel Feast'' (German; trans.

)

References

External links

* 1956 births 2021 deaths People from Dahme, Brandenburg People from Bezirk Cottbus 20th-century German writers 21st-century German writers 20th-century German women writers 21st-century German women writers Writers from Brandenburg {{Germany-writer-stub