Birgit Vanderbeke

Birgit Vanderbeke (born August 8, 1956 in Dahme, Brandenburg) is a German writer. Vanderbeke grew up in Frankfurt am Main after her family moved to the western part of Germany in 1961. She studied Law, Germanic and Romanic languages. Since 1993 she is living in southern France.^[1]

Awards

1990 Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis for "Muschelessen"
1999 Solothurner Literaturpreis
1999 Roswitha Prize
2002 Hans Fallada Prize
2007 Brüder-Grimm-Professur at University of Kassel^[2]

References

^ Iris Alanyali (18 Jan 2003). "Der deutsche Akzent ist niedlich (Interview with Vanderbeke)" (in German). Die Welt. http://www.welt.de/print-welt/article342591/Der_deutsche_Akzent_ist_niedlich.html. Retrieved 28 Nov 2010.
^ Ingrid Hildebrand (10 April 2007). "Birgit Vanderbeke wird Grimm-Professorin an der Uni Kassel" (in German). University of Kassel. http://idw-online.de/pages/de/news203647. Retrieved 26 Nov 2010.

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Name	Vanderbeke, Birgit
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Date of birth	August 8, 1956
Place of birth	Dahme, Brandenburg
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