Penulis: Clemens Meyer

Clemens Meyer is one of Germany's most exciting writers. Born in 1977 in what was then East Germany, he worked as a security guard, forklift driver and construction worker while completing his first novel. All the Lights, his second book, won the prestigious Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2008, and was adapted for the stage in 2010. Katy Derbyshire is a London-born translator who has lived in Berlin since 1996. She translates contemporary writing. Recent work includes novels by Helene Hegemann, Inka Parei and Dorothee Elmiger. Katy writes about German-language literature and translation at www.lovegermanbooks.blogspot.com