BRIERLEY, Jane
Montréal, Québec
French-English
Biographical Data

Jane Brierley (B.A., Bishop's 1956; M.A. McGill 1982) is a Montreal literary translator, writer, editor, and a past LTAC president. Her most recent book-length translation is Huron-Wendat: The Heritage of the Circle by Amerindian scholar Georges E. Sioui. She is currently translating the autobiography of historian Marcel Trudel, Mémoires d'un autre siècle for Véhicule Press (fall 2001) Her translation, Yellow-Wolf & Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence (de Gaspé, 1893) won the 1990 Governor General's Award for English translation. Four of her translations have been shortlisted for this award, most recently (1997) for Canadians of Old. In 1992 she won the Félix-Antoine Savard Award from Columbia University's Translation Center (New York) for White Desert, short stories by Jean Éthier-Blais. Her translations include works of science fiction, biography, and children's literature, as well as non-fiction works in philosophy and history. She frequently recreates children's classics for very young readers, as well as working on conceptual material for children's books. She has published one original short story.

Translated Works

Original	SIOUI, Georges E., Les Wendats : Une civilisation méconnue, Québec: Les Presses de l'université Laval.
Translation	Huron-Wendat: The Heritage of the Circle, Vancouver: UBC Press, 1999.
Original	AUBERT DE GASPÉ, Philippe-Joseph, Les Anciens Canadiens, Quebec City: Desbarats et Derbishire, 1863.
Translation	Canadians of Old, Montreal: Véhicule Press, 1996, 329 p.
Original	BEAULIEU, René, "Le geai bleu," in Légendes de Virnie, Longueuil, Que.: Le Préambule, 1981.
Translation	"The Bluejay," in Tesseracts/Q, Edmonton: Tesseract Books, 1996, p. 247-62.
Original	BERGERON, Bertrand, "L'autre," in L'année de la science-fiction et du fantastique québécois, Quebec City: Le Passeur, 1987.
Translation	"The Other," in Tesseracts/Q, Edmonton: Tesseract Books, 1996, p. 330-5.
Original	GRAND'MAISON, Jacques and LEFEBVRE, Solange, La part des aînés, Montreal: Fides, 1994.
Translation	Sharing the Blessings, Montreal: Médiaspaul 1996, 311 p.
Original	MEYNARD, Yves, "Les hommes écailles," in Sous des soleils étrangers, Montreal: Publications Ianus, 1989.
Translation	"The Scalemen," in Tesseracts/Q, Edmonton: Tesseract Books, 1996, p. 5-25.
Original	PETTIGREW, Jean, "Les hommes Snoopy meurent tous comme des chèvres du Bengale," in imagine . . . no. 21, Montreal: 1984.
Translation	"Snoopymen All Die Like Bengal Goats," in Tesseracts/Q, Edmonton: Tesseract Books, 1996, p. 143-9.
Original	SERNINE, Daniel, "Les amis de Monsieur Soon," in Boulevard des étoiles, Montreal: Publications Ianus, 1991.
Translation	"The Friends of Mr. Soon," in Tesseracts/Q, Edmonton: Tesseract Books, 1996, p. 191-206.
Original	VONARBURG, Élisabeth, "L'oiseau de cendres," in Janus, Paris: Éditions Denoël, 1984.
Translation	"Bird of Ashes," Tesseracts/Q, Edmonton: Tesseract Books, 1996, p. 352-72.
Original	VONARBURG, Élisabeth, "Paguyn et Kithulai" (unpublished manuscript).
Translation	"Paguyn and Kithulai," in Prairie Fire, vol. 15, no. 2:96-104 Winnipeg: August 1994.
Original	DELÂGE, Denys, Le pays renversé: Amérindiens et européens en Amérique du Nord-est, 1600-1664, Montreal: Boréal, 1991, 416 p.
Translation	Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in the American Northeast, 1600-64, Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press, 1993.
Original	VONARBURG, Elisabeth, Les chroniques du pays des Mères, Montréal: Québec-Amérique, 1992.
Translation	The Maerlande Chronicles, Victoria: Beach Holme Publishers 1992, 582 p. In the Mothers' Land, New York: Bantam Books, 1992, 487 p.
Original	VONARBURG, Elisabeth, "Le jeu des coquilles de nautilus," in Aurores Boréales 2, Montréal: La Préambule, 1985.
Translation	"Chambered Nautilus," in Tesseracts,Victoria: Beach Holme Pulblishers 1992, p. 227-62.
Original	CHAMPETIER, Joël, "Les vents du temps," in Samizdat no. 8, St. Lambert, Que.: 1987.
Translation	"The Winds of Time," in Tesseracts 3, Victoria: Porcépic Books, 1991, p. 286-8.
Original	ÉTHIER-BLAIS, Jean, Le Désert blanc, Montreal: Éditions Leméac, 1986.
Translation	White Desert (short stories), Montreal: Véhicule Press, 1991, 105 p.
Original	PELLETIER, Francine, "La petite," in imagine . . . no. 44, Montréal: 1987.
Translation	"The Guinea Pig," in Tesseracts 3, Victoria: Porcépic Books, 1991, p. 408-19.
Original	SERNINE, Daniel, "Metal qui songe," in imagine . . ., Montreal:1988.
Translation	"Only a Lifetime," in Tesseracts 3, Victoria: Porcépic Books, 1991, p. 227-38.
Original	"Cogito," by Elisabeth Vonarburg ("Cogito," Imagine, No. 46, 1988); "Only a Lifetime" by Daniel Sernine ("Metal qui songe", Imagine, 1988); "The Guinea Pig" by Francine Pelletier ("La Petite", Imagine, No. 44); "The Winds of Time" by Joël Champetier ("Les Vents du temps", Samizdat, Saint-Lambert, Québec, No. 8).
Translation	Tesseracts 3 (four stories), Victoria: Porcépic Books, 1991.
Original	VONARBURG, Élisabeth, "Cogito," in imagine . . ., no. 46, Montreal: 1988.
Translation	"Cogito," in Tesseracts 3, Victoria: Porcépic Books, 1991, p. 62-82.
Original	AUBERT DE GASPÉ, Philippe-Joseph, Divers, Montreal: C.O. Beauchemin et fils, 1893.
Translation	Yellow-Wolf & Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence, Montreal: Véhicule Press, 1990, 160 p.
Original	CÔTÉ, Denis, Hockeyeurs cybernétiques, Montreal: La Courte Échelle, 1983.
Translation	Shooting for the Stars, Windsor, Ont.: Black Moss Press, 1990, 120 p.
Original	VONARBURG, Elisabeth, Le Silence de la Cité, Paris: Denoël, 1978.
Translation	The Silent City, Victoria: Press Porcépic, 1988, London, U.K.: The Women's Press 1990.
Original	AUBERT DE GASPÉ, Philippe-Joseph, Mémoires, Ottawa: G.E. Desbarats, 1866.
Translation	A Man of Sentiment: The Memoirs of Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Montreal: Véhicule Press, 1988.
Original	VONARBURG, Elisabeth, "Le Pont du froid," in L'Œil de la nuit, Montreal: Le Préambule.
Translation	"Cold Bridge," in Invisible Fictions: Contemporary Stories from Quebec, Toronto: Anansi, 1987.
Original	VONARBURG, Elisabeth, "Dans la fosse," in Janus, Paris: Denoël, 1984.
Translation	"In the Pit," in Tesseracts 2, p. 25-43, Victoria: Press Porcépic, 1987.
Original	MARTINEAU, Alain, unpublished manuscript, in press 1987.
Translation	Herbert Marcuse's Utopia, Montreal: Harvest House, 1986.
Original	GAGNON, Serge, Newly collected published articles & new manuscripts.
Translation	Quebec and Its Historians, Montreal: Harvest House, 1985.
Original	SERNINE, Daniel, "Boulevard des étoiles," in Le Vieil Homme et l'espace, Montreal: Le Préambule, 1981.
Translation	"Stardust Boulevard," in Tesseracts, Victoria: Press Porcépic, 1985.
Original	VONARBURG, Elisabeth, "La Maison au bord de la mer", Montreal: Éditions les Quinze.
Translation	"Home by the Sea," in Tesseracts, Victoria: Press Porcépic, 1985.
Original	DION, André, Le Retour de l'oiseau bleu, St-Placide: Éditions Auto-Correct-Art, 1982.
Translation	The Return of the Bluebird, St. Placide: Éditions Auto-Correct-Art, 1984.