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Jen

"Courses that I attended in both the Media and English departments still inform my creative projects now."

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Year graduated 2009
Occupation Coordinator for Press & PR at the Goethe-Institute London, and a freelance literary translator

"I attribute my continued focus on creative writing, literary translation and academic translation, as well as writing's place and impact on society, to my time at Goldsmiths.

My course's allowance for a specialisation in creative and journalistic writing meant that I could hone my writing alongside academic subjects, and courses that I attended in both the Media and English departments still inform my creative projects now.

I have had my writing published in a number of publications, and have had my fiction put to music and played on BBC radio. After graduating and interning for a year I studied for a Masters in German Language, Culture and History at UCL, which gave me the knowledge I needed to adapt my writing and journalistic skills and literary and sociological knowledge into my current career as a literary translator and as the Coordinator for Press and Public Relations at the Goethe-Institut in London. My first book-length translation is being published by Bloomsbury this year."

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