Charlotte Collins

Charlotte Collins is a British literary translator of contemporary literature and drama from German.

Career

Collins studied English literature at Christ's College, Cambridge, then trained in acting at The Poor School, London. She worked as an actor and radio journalist in the UK and Germany before becoming a translator.
She was Co-Chair of the Translators Association from 2017 to 2020, and is the creator of the Translators Association - 60 Years of Classic Translation series.

2013 ITI Übersetzerwerkstatt, Berlin and Mühlheim
2017 Goethe-Institut Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize for A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler
2020 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation for The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili
A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize and the International DUBLIN Literary Award. Longlisted for the ALTA National Translation Award.
Longlisted with co-translator Ruth Martin for the International Booker Prize and the International DUBLIN for The Eighth Life: for Brilka by Nino Haratischwili
Translations
2015 – A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler
2016 – The Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler
2018 – The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells
2018 – Homeland by Walter Kempowski
2019 – The Club by Takis Würger
2019 – The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili, co-translated with Ruth Martin
2020 – Olga by Bernhard Schlink
2021 – The Field by Robert Seethaler
2021 – Refugee: A Memoir by Emmanuel Mbolela
YA novels

Collins is the author of two bilingual novels for children/young adults: