Emily Jeremiah


Emily Jeremiah is a British academic and literary translator. She studied modern languages at Exeter College, Oxford, and obtained her PhD from Swansea University. She has taught at Helsinki University, Goldsmiths College 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:
To non-academic readers, Jeremiah is best known as a translator of Finnish and German literature. She typically works with her Finnish-born mother Fleur Jeremiah; several of their translations have been published by Peirene Press. Their translated works include:
Jeremiah has also translated Finnish children's books and poetry collections by Eeva-Liisa Manner and Sirkka Turkka. She is currently working on her own novella Blue Moments and a translation of Marlen Haushofer's novella Wir töten Stella.