Birgit Vanderbeke
Birgit Vanderbeke (8 August 1956 – 24 December 2021) was a German writer. Life and career. 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". Since 1993 she has been living in southern France. She died on 24 December 2021, at age of 65.