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 Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth-oldest college of the un ...

, and obtained her PhD from

Swansea University , former_names=University College of Swansea, University of Wales Swansea , motto= cy, Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn , mottoeng="Technical skill is bereft without culture" , established=1920 – University College of Swansea 1996 – University of Wa ...

. She has taught at

Helsinki University The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public university, public Research university, research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turk ...

Goldsmiths College Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Wor ...

and finally

Royal Holloway University Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public university, public research university and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It has six schools, ...

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 a ...

. She typically works with her Finnish-born mother

Fleur Jeremiah Fleur or plural Fleurs is French for flower. It may refer to: * Fleur (given name) * "Fleur" (short story), a short story by Louise Erdrich *"Fleur" peut être une plante Music * Flëur, a Ukrainian music band * ''Fleurs'' (Franco Battiato albu ...

; several of their translations have been published by

Peirene Press Peirene Press is an independent publishing house based in London. Established by novelist and publisher Meike Ziervogel, Peirene is primarily focused on bringing out high-quality English translations of contemporary European short novels. Peiren ...

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

* ''Things that Fall from the Sky'' by

Selja Ahava Selja Ahava (born 1974) is a Finnish writer. She studied scriptwriting in Helsinki, and has written scripts for film, TV and radio. Her debut novel ''The Day the Whale Swam through London'' (''Eksyneen muistikirja'') appeared in 2010, followed by ' ...

* ''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 ( Impilahti, now in the Republic of Karelia September 2, 1937 – Joensuu August 24, 1983) was one of the most important poets in the literary scene of Finland during the 1960s and 1970s. His body of work comprises poetry and ...

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 ...

and

Sirkka Turkka Sirkka Turkka (2 February 1939 – 23 October 2021) was a Finnish poet and recipient of the Finlandia Prize in 1987 and the Eino Leino Prize in 2000. Works *''Huone avaruudessa'' (1973) *''Valaan vatsassa'' (1975) *''Minä se olen'' (1976) *' ...

. 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