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    Katrin Figge

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    Born , currently resides in Berlin
    Personal Web https://www.katrinfigge.com/about
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    A German-Indonesian writer who has lived and worked in Japan, Germany and Indonesia, and now based in Berlin. She’s also the author of the book “An Tagen wie diesen” (Days Like These), which was published in 2015.



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