Katy Derbyshire Explained

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.

Her translation of Bricks and Mortar by Clemens Meyer was long-listed for the 2017 Man Booker Prize[9] and won the 2018 Straelener Prize for Translation.[10] Derbyshire has also served on the jury of Germany's Internationaler Literaturpreis and the International Dublin Literary Award.[11] [12]

In addition, Derbyshire was instrumental in establishing the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, awarded annually since 2017.[13] [14] She has also been a vocal supporter of the Women in Translation movement and the creation of Women in Translation Month.[15] [16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clemens Meyer's neo-modernist exploration of the sex trade. TheTLS.
  2. Web site: Translated fiction by women must stop being a minority in a minority. Katy. Derbyshire. 10 March 2016. www.theguardian.com.
  3. Web site: In their own words: 10 female translators on the work that inspires them. Alison. Flood. 31 August 2017. www.theguardian.com.
  4. Web site: Katy Derbyshire - Goethe-Institut Vereinigtes Königreich. www.goethe.de.
  5. Web site: Katy Derbyshire - Books of the Year 2017 - New Books in German. www.new-books-in-german.com.
  6. Web site: Katy Derbyshire. Words Without Borders.
  7. Web site: Katy Derbyshire. Kirkus Reviews.
  8. Web site: NBG interviews the translator Katy Derbyshire - New Books in German. www.new-books-in-german.com.
  9. Web site: Bricks and Mortar - The Man Booker Prizes. themanbookerprize.com.
  10. Web site: Man Booker International 2017 longlist includes Amos Oz and banned writer. Eileen Battersby Literary. Correspondent. The Irish Times.
  11. Web site: Jury of 2018. Haus der Kulturen der. Welt. 29 January 2018. HKW.
  12. Web site: 2017 Judging Panel - International DUBLIN Literary Award.
  13. Web site: The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. warwick.ac.uk.
  14. Web site: love german books: A Women's Prize for Translated Books. Kjd. 28 September 2014.
  15. Web site: Translator Katy Derbyshire: 'Where are the women?' - DW - 08.10.2018. DW.COM.
  16. Web site: Women in Translation. Women in Translation.

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