Katy Derbyshire

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Katy Derbyshire is a British-born, Berlin-based translator and writer.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/the-red-light-cosmos/|title=Clemens Meyer's neo-modernist exploration of the sex trade|website=TheTLS}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/mar/10/translated-fiction-by-women-must-stop-being-a-minority-in-a-minority|title=Translated fiction by women must stop being a minority in a minority|first=Katy|last=Derbyshire|date=10 March 2016|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/31/female-translators-women-in-translation-jull-costa-berenofsky|title=In their own words: 10 female translators on the work that inspires them|first=Alison|last=Flood|date=31 August 2017|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/kul/sup/lit/cit/ub1/ub2/kat.html|title=Katy Derbyshire - Goethe-Institut Vereinigtes Königreich|website=www.goethe.de}}{{cite web|url=http://www.new-books-in-german.com/katy-derbyshire-books-year-2017|title=Katy Derbyshire - Books of the Year 2017 - New Books in German|website=www.new-books-in-german.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/katy-derbyshire|title=Katy Derbyshire|website=Words Without Borders}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/katy-derbyshire/|title=Katy Derbyshire|website=Kirkus Reviews}}{{cite web|url=http://www.new-books-in-german.com/nbg-interviews-translator-katy-derbyshire|title=NBG interviews the translator Katy Derbyshire - New Books in German|website=www.new-books-in-german.com}} 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.{{r|translations|wordswithoutborders.org|the-tls.co.uk}}

Her translation of Bricks and Mortar by Clemens Meyer was long-listed for the 2017 Man Booker Prize{{cite web|url=https://themanbookerprize.com/books/bricks-and-mortar-by|title=Bricks and Mortar - The Man Booker Prizes|website=themanbookerprize.com}} and won the 2018 Straelener Prize for Translation.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/man-booker-international-2017-longlist-includes-amos-oz-and-banned-writer-1.3011308|title=Man Booker International 2017 longlist includes Amos Oz and banned writer|first=Eileen Battersby Literary|last=Correspondent|newspaper=The Irish Times}} Derbyshire has also served on the jury of Germany's Internationaler Literaturpreis and the International Dublin Literary Award.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/2018/internationaler_literaturpreis_2018/jury2018/jury_2018.php|title=Jury of 2018|first=Haus der Kulturen der|last=Welt|date=29 January 2018|website=HKW}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/2017-judging-panel/|title=2017 Judging Panel - International DUBLIN Literary Award|publisher=|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731093421/http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/2017-judging-panel/|url-status=dead}}

In addition, Derbyshire was instrumental in establishing the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, awarded annually since 2017.{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/womenintranslation/|title=The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation|website=warwick.ac.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://lovegermanbooks.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-womens-prize-for-translated-books.html|title=love german books: A Women's Prize for Translated Books|last=Kjd|date=28 September 2014|publisher=}} She has also been a vocal supporter of the Women in Translation movement and the creation of Women in Translation Month.{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/translator-katy-derbyshire-where-are-the-women/a-44708938|title=Translator Katy Derbyshire: 'Where are the women?' - DW - 08.10.2018|website=DW.COM}}{{cite web|url=https://womenintranslation.com/|title=Women in Translation|website=Women in Translation}}