Sally-Ann Spencer is a British translator, specialising in

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 studied languages at Cambridge University before going to work in the publishing industry. In 2005, she moved to New Zealand, at the same time choosing literary translation as her full-time profession. She completed a PhD on German literature at the Victoria University of Wellington. As a translator, Spencer has won the

Schlegel-Tieck Prize The Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation is a literary translation award given by the Society of Authors in London. Translations from the German original into English are considered for the prize. The value of the prize is £3,000.

for her translation of

Frank Schätzing Frank Schätzing (; born 28 May 1957) is a German writer, mostly known for his best-selling science fiction novel '' The Swarm'' ( 2004). Life Schätzing was born in Cologne and studied communication studies; he later ran his own company, a ...

's sci-fi novel ''The Swarm''. She now lives in Wellington.

Selected translations

Juli Zeh Juli Zeh (, Julia Barbara Finck, née Zeh; born 30 June 1974 in Bonn) is a German writer and former judge. Biography Her first book was ''Adler und Engel'' (translated into English as ''Eagles and Angels'' by Christine Slenczka), which won the ...

: The Method (Corpus Delicti). Harvill Secker, 2012 * Peter Schössow: My First Car was Red (Mein erstes Auto war rot). Gecko Press, 2011 * Markus Heitz: The War of the Dwarves (Der Krieg der Zwerge). Orbit, 2010 * Markus Heitz: The Dwarves (Die Zwerge). Orbit, 2009 *

Sebastian Fitzek Sebastian David Fitzek (born 13 October 1971 in West-Berlin) is a German writer and journalist. His first book, ''Therapy (Fitzek novel), Therapy'' (''German language, dt.'' ), was a bestseller in Germany in 2006, toppling ''The Da Vinci Code'' ...

: Therapy (Die Therapie). Pan Books, 2008 *

: The Swarm (Der Schwarm). Hodder and Stoughton, 2006

References

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