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==Early life==
Szamuely was born in Moscow, daughter of Hungarian [[Tibor Szamuely (historian)|Tibor Szamuely]] and Russian Nina (née Orlova, 1923-1974), both academics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/helen-szamuely-qlskd9qwp|title = Helen Szamuely}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-90000380363
==Career==
A prolific writer and translator, Szamuely had articles published in literary and political journals, contributed to ''The Reader's Companion to Twentieth Century Writers'', and was an interviewer and scriptwriter for the [[BBC News Russian|BBC Russian Service]]. She was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research into Post-Communist Economies from 1997 to 2017. For many years Szamuely was a researcher and political brief writer in the [[House of Lords]], working with peers on EU issues regarding Russia and Turkey. She was a campaigner for release of political prisoners in the [[Soviet Union]], including the poet Nizametdin Akhmetov, whose work she translated.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/05/14/helen-szamuely-ardent-eurosceptic-obituary/|title=Helen Szamuely, ardent Eurosceptic – obituary|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=14 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/helen-szamuely-qlskd9qwp|title = Helen Szamuely}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-90000380363
==Personal life==
Szamuely had a daughter, Katharine, of whose father "she never spoke".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/05/14/helen-szamuely-ardent-eurosceptic-obituary/|title=Helen Szamuely, ardent Eurosceptic – obituary|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=14 May 2017}}</ref>
== Publications ==
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