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.