Hussein's translations have been significant in "putting Turkish literature on the map" by making it accessible to non-Turkish speakers, as well as to the second and third-generation Turks and Cypriots in the United Kingdom.[3]
Hussein was born in Bethnal Green and raised in Tottenham, London.[2] Her parents are both Turkish Cypriot, consequently, Hussein grew up bilingual speaking both Turkish and English.[2] She later also learned French, Italian, and Spanish.[3] Hussein studied Italian and European Literature and graduated with an MA in Literary Translation from the University of East Anglia.[3] Her first book translation was an experimental novel by Mehmet Yaşın called Soydaşınız Balık Burcu.[1]
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In 2018, her translation of Burhan Sönmez’s Istanbul Istanbul won the inaugural EBRD Literature Prize.[2][4][5]
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