Katy Derbyshire

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Katy Derbyshire is a British-born, Berlin-based translator and writer. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Among the authors she has translated are: Clemens Meyer, Christa Wolf, Inka Parei, Helene Hegemann, Simon Urban, Rusalka Reh, Yangzom Brauen, Tilman Rammstedt, Francis Nenik, and Dorothee Elmiger. [9] [6] [1]

Her translation of Bricks and Mortar by Clemens Meyer was long-listed for the 2017 Man Booker Prize [10] and won the 2018 Straelener Prize for Translation. [11] [12] Derbyshire has also served on the jury of Germany's Internationaler Literaturpreis and the International Dublin Literary Award. [13] [14]

In addition, Derbyshire was instrumental in establishing the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, awarded annually since 2017. [15] [16] She has also been a vocal supporter of the Women in Translation movement and the creation of Women in Translation Month. [17] [18]

References

  1. 1 2 "Clemens Meyer's neo-modernist exploration of the sex trade". TheTLS.
  2. ↑ Derbyshire, Katy (10 March 2016). "Translated fiction by women must stop being a minority in a minority" – via www.theguardian.com.
  3. ↑ Flood, Alison (31 August 2017). "In their own words: 10 female translators on the work that inspires them" – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. ↑ "Katy Derbyshire - Goethe-Institut Vereinigtes Königreich". www.goethe.de.
  5. ↑ "Katy Derbyshire - Books of the Year 2017 - New Books in German". www.new-books-in-german.com.
  6. 1 2 "Katy Derbyshire". Words Without Borders.
  7. ↑ "Katy Derbyshire". Kirkus Reviews.
  8. ↑ "NBG interviews the translator Katy Derbyshire - New Books in German". www.new-books-in-german.com.
  9. ↑ Meyer: Wolf: Parei: Hegemann: Urban: Reh: Brauen: Rammstedt: Nenik: Elmiger:
  10. ↑ "Bricks and Mortar - The Man Booker Prizes". themanbookerprize.com.
  11. ↑ Correspondent, Eileen Battersby Literary. "Man Booker International 2017 longlist includes Amos Oz and banned writer". The Irish Times.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  12. ↑ "Fitzcarraldo Editions". fitzcarraldoeditions.com.
  13. ↑ Welt, Haus der Kulturen der (29 January 2018). "Jury of 2018". HKW.
  14. ↑ "2017 Judging Panel - International DUBLIN Literary Award". Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  15. ↑ "The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation". warwick.ac.uk.
  16. ↑ Kjd (28 September 2014). "love german books: A Women's Prize for Translated Books".
  17. ↑ "Translator Katy Derbyshire: 'Where are the women?' - DW - 08.10.2018". DW.COM.
  18. ↑ "Women in Translation". Women in Translation.