LIME IN THE BOX - The story of my inner wall

From the perspective of a new, globally oriented generation, her texts speak of the experience of being in-between, between Romania and Berlin, the legacy of the past and the future, and of foreignness and belonging.


Ioana Cristina Casapu (born Romanian) is a Berlin-based author whose works have appeared in over 30 anthologies and magazines in English and Romanian. In 2016, she made her debut with the novel Deviații de Stereo (Casa de Pariuri Literare, Bucharest), which was published in 2019 under the title Heart Beats: A Memoir of The Millennial Generation on Social Media.


In her texts, she explores original ideas on feminism, migration, politics, and loneliness in European cities. In 2024, she founded FLINTA* Literatur, Berlin's platform for FLINTA authors with a migration or refugee background.


Gundel Große

Gundel Große studied Romanian Studies, Eastern and Southeastern European History, and East Slavic Studies in Leipzig, Iași, Suceava, and Jena. She received her doctorate in Romanian Literary History and works as a lecturer in Romanian language and culture, as well as a translator. She translated the novel "Disco Titanic" by Radu Pavel Gheo and is currently translating the Moldovan author Lorina Balteanu (to be published fall 2025).