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]