Sally-Ann Spencer

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Sally-Ann Spence
Born
Sally-Ann Spence

(1970-05-15)May 15, 1970
United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Education University of Oxford
Occupation(s)Science educator, entomologist, farmer, presenter
Known forFounder of Minibeast Mayhem; founder of Berrycroft Hub; co-founder of Dung Beetle UK Mapping Project
AwardsBritish Entomological & Natural History Society Gold Medal (2023) [1]

Sally-Ann Spencer is a British translator, specialising in German literature. She studied languages at Cambridge University before going to work in the publishing industry. In 2005, she moved to New Zealand, at the same time choosing literary translation as her full-time profession. She completed a PhD on German literature at the Victoria University of Wellington. [2] [3]

As a translator, Spencer has won the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for her translation of Frank Schätzing's sci-fi novel The Swarm . She now lives in Wellington. [4]

In 2015, Sally-Ann Spence was awarded the inaugural Women in German Studies Book Prize for her book proposal on 'Contemporary German-English Translation: Books Across Borders in the Digital Age'. [5]

Selected translations

References

  1. ↑ "Grants and Awards". British Entomological & Natural History Society. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Cultures in Translation - Translators - Spencer, Sally-Ann - Goethe-Institut". www.goethe.de. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Spencer, Sally-Ann (2015). Books across borders: German-English literary translation in the contemporary German and Anglo-American contexts (Doctoral thesis). Open Access Repository Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington. doi: 10.26686/wgtn.17148086 .
  4. ↑ "German - Schlegel-Tieck Prize". The Society of Authors. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Sally-Ann Spencer: Winner of the inaugural Women in German Studies Book Prize". Victoria University of Wellington. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "The Method by Juli Zeh". World Literature Today. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Heitz, Markus (2010). The war of the dwarves. Internet Archive. New York : Orbit. ISBN   978-0-316-04936-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  8. ↑ "Frank Schätzing: 'The Swarm' – DW – 10/08/2018". dw.com. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
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