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
[edit]- ^ a b "Clemens Meyer's neo-modernist exploration of the sex trade". TheTLS.
- ^ Derbyshire, Katy (10 March 2016). "Translated fiction by women must stop being a minority in a minority" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Flood, Alison (31 August 2017). "In their own words: 10 female translators on the work that inspires them" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Katy Derbyshire - Goethe-Institut Vereinigtes Königreich". www.goethe.de.
- ^ "Katy Derbyshire - Books of the Year 2017 - New Books in German". www.new-books-in-german.com.
- ^ a b "Katy Derbyshire". Words Without Borders.
- ^ "Katy Derbyshire". Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "NBG interviews the translator Katy Derbyshire - New Books in German". www.new-books-in-german.com.
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Meyer:
- "Bricks and Mortar by Clemens Meyer". World Literature Today. 21 April 2017.
- "Bricks and Mortar: Clemens Meyer, Katy Derbyshire: 9781910695197: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- "One Day a Year" – via www.press.uchicago.edu.
- Wolf, Kate. "A Life in One Day". Los Angeles Review of Books.
- ""The Shadow-Boxing Woman" by Inka Parei [25 Days of the BTBA] « Three Percent".
- "Inka Parei: 'The Shadow-Boxing Woman' - DW - 08.10.2018". DW.COM.
- Kelly, Una (December 2013). "The Berlin translator: Katy Derbyshire". the-berliner.com. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- Connolly, Kate (23 June 2012). "Helene Hegemann: 'There's no such thing as originality, just authenticity'" – via www.theguardian.com.
- "Plan D by Simon Urban, Katy Derbyshire - Waterstones". www.waterstones.com.
- "The Secret of the Water Knight (9781611090062): Rusalka Reh, Katy Derbyshire: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- "This Brave Balance". www.goodreads.com.
- "Across Many Mountains by Yangzom Brauen , Katy Derbyshire - Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- Books by Yangzom Brauen and Complete Book Reviews. "Books by Yangzom Brauen and Complete Book Reviews". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- "The King of China" – via www.press.uchicago.edu.
- "Anecdotes involving Interpol". www.tagesspiegel.de.
- "Readux Books: The Marvel of Biographical Bookkeeping". www.readux.net. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Bricks and Mortar - The Man Booker Prizes". themanbookerprize.com.
- ^ Correspondent, Eileen Battersby Literary. "Man Booker International 2017 longlist includes Amos Oz and banned writer". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Fitzcarraldo Editions". fitzcarraldoeditions.com.
- ^ Welt, Haus der Kulturen der (29 January 2018). "Jury of 2018". HKW.
- ^ "2017 Judging Panel - International DUBLIN Literary Award".
- ^ "The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation". warwick.ac.uk.
- ^ Kjd (28 September 2014). "love german books: A Women's Prize for Translated Books".
- ^ "Translator Katy Derbyshire: 'Where are the women?' - DW - 08.10.2018". DW.COM.
- ^ "Women in Translation". Women in Translation.