INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH
School of Advanced Study • University of London
Thursday, 11 May 2017, 6.30 pm
Encounters: Writers and Translators in Conversation
Clemens Meyer and Katy Derbyshire
Clemens Meyer and Katy Derbyshire will be discussing
Bricks and Mortar (
Im Stein). Born in 1977 in Halle, Clemens Meyer attended the German Literature Institute in Leipzig. Having worked as a security guard, forklift driver and construction
worker, he published his first book,
Als wir träumten (
As We Were Dreaming) in 2006, in which he depicts a group of friends growing up and going off the rails after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Awarded the
Rheingau
Literatur Preis, the book was adapted for the screen by Andreas Dresen in 2015. His next publication, a short story collection entitled
Die Nacht, die Lichter (2008), won the
Leipzig
Book Fair Prize and was translated by Katy Derbyshire (
And Other Stories, 2011). His next book,
Gewalten (
Acts of Violence)
is a diary of 2009, told in eleven stories. His 2013 novel,
Im Stein, has been translated by Katy Derbyshire (
Bricks and Mortar).
Katy Derbyshire studied German at Birmingham University and went on to obtain a Diploma in Translation from the University of London. She moved to Berlin in 1996, teaching English to children, and since 2002 has been working as a freelance translator.
In 2008 she founded the blog
love german books. Her translations include:
The King of China (Tilmann Ramstedt's
Der Kaiser von China, 2013),
Inke Parei's
Was Dunkelheit war (What Darkness Was, 2013) and
Die Schattenboxerin (
The Shadowboxing Girl, 2011), Clemens Meyer’s
Die Nacht, die Lichter (
All the Lights, 2008) and
Im Stein (Bricks and Mortar, 2014) for
which she was nominated for the 2017 Man Booker Prize.
Venue: Room G34, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
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