Charlotte Collins is a British

literary translator Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...

of contemporary literature and drama from German.

Career

Collins studied English literature at

Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 250 graduate students. The c ...

, then trained in acting at

The Poor School The Poor School and Workhouse Theatre was a drama school situated in King's Cross, London, United Kingdom. The Poor School was created in 1986 by former Royal Central School of Speech and Drama vocal coach Barbara Caister in response to the nee ...

, London. She worked as an actor and radio journalist in the UK and Germany before becoming a translator. She was Co-Chair of the

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from 2017 to 2020, and is the creator of the ''Translators Association - 60 Years of Classic Translation'' series.

Awards and honours

* 2013 ITI Übersetzerwerkstatt, Berlin and Mühlheim * 2017 Goethe-Institut

Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize The Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize is an annual literary prize named for the German–American publishers Helen and Kurt Wolff "honoring an outstanding literary translation from German into English", published in the United States of Am ...

for ''A Whole Life'' by

Robert Seethaler Robert Seethaler (born 1966) is an Austrian novelist, and actor. Awards and honours * 2005: Tankred-Dorst-Drehbuchpreis der Drehbuchwerkstatt München for ''Heartbreakin’'' * 2007: Debütpreis des Buddenbrookhauses for ''Die Biene und der Kurt ...

* 2020

Warwick Prize for Women in Translation The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation is an annual award for work by a female author translated into English and published by a UK-based or Irish publisher during the previous calendar year. The prize was established in 2017 "to address the g ...

for ''The Eighth Life'' by Nino Haratischvili (with Ruth Martin) * ''A Whole Life'' by

shortlisted for the

Man Booker International Prize The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize, as the Boo ...

(2016) and the

International DUBLIN Literary Award The International Dublin Literary Award (), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. It promotes excellence in world literature and is solely ...

(2017). Longlisted for the ALTA

National Translation Award The National Translation Award is awarded annually by the American Literary Translators Association The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is an organization in the United States dedicated to literary translation. ALTA promotes literar ...

(2017). * Longlisted with co-translator Ruth Martin for the

International Booker Prize The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize, as the Boo ...

(2020) and the International DUBLIN (2021) for ''The Eighth Life: for Brilka'' by

Nino Haratischwili Nino Haratischwili ( ka, ნინო ხარატიშვილი; born 8 June 1983) is a Georgia (country), Georgian-born German novelist, playwright, and theater director. She has received numerous awards, including the Adelbert von Cham ...

Translations

* 2015 – ''A Whole Life'' by

(Picador) * 2016 – ''The Tobacconist'' by Robert Seethaler (House of Anansi Press/Picador) * 2018 – '' The End of Loneliness'' by

Benedict Wells Benedict Wells (born Benedict von Schirach, 29 February 1984) is a German-Swiss novelist. Life and career Wells grew up in Bavaria. At the age of six, he was sent to a state boarding school after his parents separated and had to deal with severa ...

(Sceptre) * 2018 – ''Homeland'' by

Walter Kempowski Walter Kempowski (; 29 April 1929 – 5 October 2007) was a German writer. Kempowski was known for his series of novels called ''German Chronicle'' ("Deutsche Chronik") and the monumental ''Echolot'' ("Sonar"), a collage of autobiographical rep ...

(Granta) * 2019 – ''The Club'' by

Takis Würger Takis Würger (born 1985) is a German investigative journalist, author, war correspondent and staff writer for the news magazine ''Der Spiegel'', reporting from warzone locales such as Afghanistan, Libya, Ukraine, and throughout the Middle East. ...

(Grove Atlantic) * 2019 – ''The Eighth Life'' by

, co-translated with Ruth Martin (Scribe UK) * 2020 – ''Olga'' by

Bernhard Schlink Bernhard Schlink (; born 6 July 1944) is a German lawyer, academic, and novelist. He is best known for his novel '' The Reader'', which was first published in 1995 and became an international bestseller. He won the 2014 Park Kyong-ni Prize. Ea ...

(Weidenfeld & Nicolson) * 2021 – ''The Field'' by

(Picador) * 2021 – ''Refugee: A Memoir'' by Emmanuel Mbolela (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

YA novels

Collins is the author of two bilingual novels for children/young adults: * ''Save Green Farm! – Rettet Green Farm!'' (Langenscheidt Verlag, 2007. Ill. Anette Kannenberg) * ''Boarding School Blues – Liebesfrust im Internat'' (Langenscheidt Verlag, 2008)

References

External links

Bookblast Translators of the Week: Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin, ''The Eighth Life''

Granta: Notes on Craft - ''Homeland''

Lizzy's Literary Life interview: Charlotte Collins on ''Homeland''

Greatest Women in Translation interview with Charlotte Collins
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