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Lena Schnabl is a reporter and writer. She studied japanology, sinology, and politics in Munich and Sapporo and is an alumna of the Reportageschule Reutlingen. Her reportages have appeared in \u00bbZeit Magazin\u00bb\u00ab, \u00bbS\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung\u00bb\u00ab, and \u00abNZZ am Sonntag\u00bb. Her narrative nonfiction book \u00bbMeine Suche nach dem Nichts\u00ab (tr. My Search for Nothing), about a pilgrimage in Japan, was published in 2019 by Goldmann Verlag and became a bestseller. She is currently working on her first novel. Schnabl lives in Berlin. <\/p>\n\n

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