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Isabel FargoCole grew up in N ew York City, received a BA from the U niversity of Chicago in 1995, and has lived in Berlin ever since as a writer and translator of authors such as W olfgang H ilbig, Franz Fühmann and A dalbert Stifter H er translation of H ilbig?s "O ld Rendering Plant" received the Kurt & H elen W olff Prize in 20 18 Since 20 0 5 she has published short fiction and essays in German H er debut novel "D ie grüne Grenze" (Edition N autilus, 20 17), was nominated for the Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair; her second novel, "D as Gift der Biene", was published by Edition N autilus in 20 19 and selected for the 20 19 LiteraTour N ord. In 20 22, "D ie Goldküste. Eine Irrfahrt" appeared in the ?N aturkunden?nature writing series at M atthes und Seitz

From 20 0 6-20 16, she co-edited no man?s land, an online magazine for new German literature in English In 20 13, she was a co-organizer of the initiative ?W riters A gainst M ass Surveillance.? Currently she organizes the initiative www.waldschaffen.de, which involves Berlin artists and writers in forestry projects.