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
  1. "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. "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. "Bricks and Mortar by Clemens Meyer". World Literature Today. 21 April 2017.
  10. "Bricks and Mortar: Clemens Meyer, Katy Derbyshire: 9781910695197: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  11. "Fitzcarraldo Editions". fitzcarraldoeditions.com.
  12. "One Day a Year" – via www.press.uchicago.edu.
  13. Wolf, Kate. "A Life in One Day". Los Angeles Review of Books.
  14. ""The Shadow-Boxing Woman" by Inka Parei [25 Days of the BTBA] « Three Percent".
  15. "Inka Parei: 'The Shadow-Boxing Woman' - DW - 08.10.2018". DW.COM.
  16. Kelly, Una (6 January 2014). "The Berlin translator: Katy Derbyshire". EXBERLINER.com.
  17. Connolly, Kate (23 June 2012). "Helene Hegemann: 'There's no such thing as originality, just authenticity'" – via www.theguardian.com.
  18. "Plan D by Simon Urban, Katy Derbyshire - Waterstones". www.waterstones.com.
  19. "The Secret of the Water Knight (9781611090062): Rusalka Reh, Katy Derbyshire: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  20. "This Brave Balance". www.goodreads.com.
  21. "ACROSS MANY MOUNTAINS by Yangzom Brauen , Katy Derbyshire - Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  22. Books by Yangzom Brauen and Complete Book Reviews. "Books by Yangzom Brauen and Complete Book Reviews". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  23. "The King of China" – via www.press.uchicago.edu.
  24. "Anecdotes involving Interpol". www.tagesspiegel.de.
  25. "Readux Books: The Marvel of Biographical Bookkeeping". www.readux.net.
  26. "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.
  27. "Bricks and Mortar - The Man Booker Prizes". themanbookerprize.com.
  28. Correspondent, Eileen Battersby Literary. "Man Booker International 2017 longlist includes Amos Oz and banned writer". The Irish Times.
  29. Welt, Haus der Kulturen der (29 January 2018). "Jury of 2018". HKW.
  30. "2017 Judging Panel - International DUBLIN Literary Award".
  31. "The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation". warwick.ac.uk.
  32. Kjd (28 September 2014). "love german books: A Women's Prize for Translated Books".
  33. "Translator Katy Derbyshire: 'Where are the women?' - DW - 08.10.2018". DW.COM.
  34. "Women in Translation". Women in Translation.


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