Birgit Vanderbeke
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Birgit Vanderbeke 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.
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.
Awards
- 1990 Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis for "Muschelessen"
- 1999 Solothurner LiteraturpreisSolothurner LiteraturpreisThe Solothurner Literaturpreis is a literary award for an 'literary achievement by a German language writer.Awarded since 1994, the annual prize is 20,000 Swiss francs...
- 1999 Roswitha PrizeRoswitha PrizeThe Roswitha Prize is the oldest German language prize for literature that is given solely to women.The Roswitha-Medal has been given almost yearly since 1973 by the city of Bad Gandersheim....
- 2002 Hans Fallada PrizeHans Fallada PrizeThe Hans Fallada Prize is a German literary prize given by the city of Neumünster in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Since 1981 it has been normally awarded every two years to a young author from the German-speaking world...
- 2007 Brüder-Grimm-Professur at University of KasselUniversity of KasselThe University of Kassel, founded in 1970, is one of the newer universities in the state of Hesse. The university is in Kassel, and as of September 2010 has about 18,113 students...