Emily Jeremiah is a British academic and literary translator.
/ref> She studied modern languages at

Exeter College, Oxford Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and the fourth-oldest college of the university. The college was founde ...

, and obtained her PhD from

Swansea University Swansea University () is a public university, public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it chang ...

. She has taught at

Helsinki University The University of Helsinki (, ; UH) is a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved to Helsinki in 1828 under the sponsorship of Tsar Al ...

Goldsmiths College Goldsmiths, University of London, formerly Goldsmiths College, University of London, is a Member institutions of the University of London, constituent research university of the University of London. It was originally founded in 1891 as The G ...

and finally Royal Holloway University where she is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Gender Studies. Jeremiah is the author or editor of the following academic books: * ''Troubling Maternity: Mothering, Agency, and Ethics in Women's Writing in German of the 1970s and 1980s'' (Maney/MHRA, 2003) * ''Nomadic Ethics in Contemporary Women's Writing in German: Strange Subjects'' (Camden House, 2012) * ''Willful Girls: Gender and Agency in Contemporary Anglo-American and German Fiction'' (2018). * (co-editor) ''Ethical Approaches in Contemporary German-Language Literature and Culture'' (Edinburgh German Yearbook 7 2013) * (co-editor) ''Motherhood in Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Europe'' (Routledge, 2017). To non-academic readers, Jeremiah is best known as a translator of Finnish and

German literature German literature () comprises those literature, literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy ...

. She typically works with her Finnish-born mother Fleur Jeremiah; several of their translations have been published by

Peirene Press Peirene Press is an independent publishing house based in Bath. Established by the novelist and journalist Meike Ziervogel, Peirene publishes literary fiction in translation from all over the world. Their books are regularly listed for significa ...

. Their translated works include: * ''Children of the Cave'' by

Virve Sammalkorpi Virve Sammalkorpi (born 1969) is a Finnish writer. She was born in Helsinki and attended the University of Helsinki. Her first book ''Sinkkuleikki'' was nominated for the Helsingin Sanomat Prize in 1999. In 2003, she was nominated for the Runeb ...

* ''Mr Darwin's Gardener'' by

Kristina Carlson Kristina Carlson (born 31 July 1949 in Helsinki), also known by her pen name Mari Lampinen, is a Finnish novelist, poet and writer. Her novels include ''Maan ääreen'', ''Herra Darwinin puutarhuri'' and ''William N. Päiväkirja''. She has also w ...

* ''The Brothers'' by

Asko Sahlberg Asko Tapio Sahlberg (born 30 September 1964) is a Finnish novelist. Since the publication of his debut novel in 2000, he has written several more novels, including ''The Brothers'' (2010), an English translation of which has been released by Peir ...

* ''Things that Fall from the Sky'' by Selja Ahava * ''White Hunger'' by

Aki Ollikainen Aki Ollikainen (born 1973) is a Finnish writer. A photographer and journalist by profession, Ollikainen received widespread acclaim for his debut novel ''Nälkävuosi'' (2012), an account of the Finnish famine of 1866–1868. The book won several ...

* ''A Window Left Open'' by

Pentti Saarikoski Pentti Saarikoski (Pitkyarantsky District, Impilahti, now in the Republic of Karelia September 2, 1937 – Joensuu August 24, 1983) was a Finnish poet. He is considered one of the most important poets in the literary scene of Finland during t ...

Jeremiah has also translated Finnish children's books and poetry collections by

Eeva-Liisa Manner Eeva-Liisa Manner (5 December 1921 – 7 July 1995) was a Finnish poet, playwright and translator. Biography She was born in Helsinki, 5 December 1921, but spent her youth in Vyborg (Viipuri). Manner started as a poet in 1944 with ''Mustaa ja pu ...

and Sirkka Turkka. In 2020, her own novella ''Blue Moments'' was published by Valley Press. Her second novella, ''An Approach to Black'', was published by Reflex Press in 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeremiah, Emily Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British women non-fiction writers 21st-century British non-fiction writers 21st-century British women writers 21st-century British translators Finnish–English translators German–English translators Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Alumni of Swansea University Academic staff of the University of Helsinki Academics of Goldsmiths, University of London Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London British people of Finnish descent