Katy Derbyshire
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][10][1][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][6] Her translation of Bricks and Mortar by Clemens Meyer was long-listed for the 2017 Man Booker Prize[27] and won the 2018 Straelener Prize for Translation.[28][11] Derbyshire has also served on the jury of Germany's Internationaler Literaturpreis and the International Dublin Literary Award.[29][30]
In addition, Derbyshire was instrumental in establishing the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, awarded annually since 2017.[31][32] She has also been a vocal supporter of the Women in Translation movement and the creation of Women in Translation Month.[33][34]
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Fitzcarraldo Editions". fitzcarraldoeditions.com.
- ^ "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 (6 January 2014). "The Berlin translator: Katy Derbyshire". EXBERLINER.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Invitation to the Bold of Heart by Dorothee Elmiger, trans. from the German by Katy Derbyshire. Seagull (Univ. of Chicago, dist.), $21 (152p) ISBN 978-0-85742-019-0". PublishersWeekly.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
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