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Nikolai Okunew was born in East Berlin in 1987. After studying history at Humboldt University, he earned his doctorate at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History in Potsdam with a thesis on the history of heavy metal in the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, David Burnett studied German, history, cultural studies, and translation in Kent, Leicester, and Leipzig. A freelance translator since 2004, he specializes in contemporary history and literature, with particular interests in exile/immigrant, East German, and (Old) Austrian literature. His work has received numerous grants and fellowships, including from the German Translators' Fund, National Endowment for the Arts, and PEN/Heim Translation Fund.
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