Birgit Vanderbeke

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

Born in Dahme, East Germany,[1] Vanderbeke grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, after her family moved to West Germany in 1961.

[citation needed] Vanderbeke studied Law, Germanic and Romance languages.

The English translation of her debut novel, Das Muschelessen [de], by Jamie Bulloch was published in 2013 by Peirene Press as The Mussel Feast.

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