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Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

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Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

United Kingdom

Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp is a literary translator working from German, Russian, and Arabic into English. Her work has been shortlisted for the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize....

She translates novels, nonfiction, and children’s books, and her translations include books from Germany, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Russia, Switzerland, and Syria. She is currently translating historical crime fiction set in Stalinist Russia, and the memoir of German arts critic Ijoma Mangold. She is co-editor of three blogs about children’s books in translation: World Kid Lit, Russian Kid Lit and ArabKidLitNow!

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Articles by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

The covers of the nine books featured in the list: Suee and the Strange White Light, The House...
World Kid Lit Month: Read Around Asia
By Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, Kelly Zhang & Hongyu Jasmine Zhu
This World Kid Lit Month, join us for a tour of Asia with the best of translated Asian literature for young people, including picture books, middle-grade and YA fiction, and graphic novels.
The covers of all the books featured in the list
12 Global Children’s Books for History Lovers
By Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
In celebration of #WorldKidLitMonth, Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp recommends 12 international books for young readers with an interest in world history.
Around the World with Queer Kid Lit and YA: 13 Books to Read Now
By Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
Books in translation have the power to challenge dominant attitudes and inspire new ways of seeing society—and ourselves. These thirteen books from around the world offer young readers refreshing…
Crime in Ramallah: Noor’s Story
By Abbad Yahya
There were a lot of weapons being brandished, a lot of threats being shouted, and there was a lot of waiting around. The intifada uprising shifted from the streets onto the TV.
Translated from Arabic by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
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from “The Amman Bride”
By Fadi Zaghmout
That way we could both have our own family, but carry on seeing each other in secret.
Translated from Arabic by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
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