Ümit Hüseyin

Ümit Hussein is a British literary translator and interpreter based in Seville, Spain. She has translated many books from Turkish to English, including the works of such authors as Ahmet Altan, Yavuz Ekinci, Sine Ergün, Nevin Halıcı, Burhan Sönmez, Nermin Yıldırım, and Mehmet Yaşın.

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. Hussein studied Italian and European Literature and graduated with an MA in Literary Translation from the University of East Anglia.

Personal life She currently resides in Seville, Spain.