Anne Rabe Author

Anne Rabe is a German writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. As a writer and essayist, Rabe’s work explores her personal experience and the collective experience of living in East Germany and the aftermath of German Reunification. As such, Rabe has a significant role in the collective effort to reconcile East Germany’s past and present. The Possibility of Happiness is her debut novel.

Lizzy Kinch is a translator of German literature. Her translations have appeared in Chicago Review, No Man’s Land, La Piccioletta Barca and in Deep Vellum's Best Literary Translations 2025 Anthology. The Possibility of Happiness is her debut book-length translation.