Jennifer Russell is a translator of fiction and poetry by Danish writers. She lives in Copenhagen.Jennifer Russell at poets.org She usually co-works with Sophia Hersi Smith.Jennifer Russell and Sophia Hersi Smith by Rachel Schwartzmann, Bomb an interviewJennifer Russell home page
Awards 2019: Gulf Coast Prize in Translation for the short story “Birdland” by Ursula Scavenius 2020: The American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prize for All the Birds in the Sky [Alle himlens fugle] by , co-translated with Hersi Smith 2025: (with Hersi Smith) shortlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature for On the Calculation of Volume IIIThe National Book Award Interviews: Solvej Balle, Sophia Hersi Smith, and Jennifer Russell 2026: Locus Award for Best Translated Novel (together with Hersi Smith) for On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle References
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Interview with translator Jennifer Russell: ‘Different languages open up different things in the mind’, interview about the translation of Marble by Amalie Smith