FISCHMAN, Sheila
Montréal (Québec)
French-English
Biographical Data

A native of Saskatchewan, Sheila Fischman was educated in Toronto, where she worked in publishing before moving to Quebec. A co-founder of the periodical Ellipse: Œuvres en traduction/Writers in Translation and a founding member of the LTAC, she has also been a columnist for the Toronto Globe and Mail and the Montreal Gazette, a broadcaster with CBC Radio, and was literary editor of the Montreal Star. She now devotes herself full time to literary translation, specializing in novels and short stories. Her list of translations from the French includes some 35 books, as well as Roland Lepage's classic play Le Temps d'une vie (commissioned by the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto) and a number of works for film and television. She has completed Juliette Pomerleau, by Yves Beauchemin, to be published by McClelland & Stewart; and Prayers of Wise Child by Roch Carrier (Prières d'un enfant très très sage, Stanké, 1988), to be published by Penguin. Currently, she is translating Bonheur fou by François Gravel (Boréal, 1990) for Cormorant, and her next project will be Le Vieux Chagrin by Jacques Poulin (Leméac, 1989), to be published by Véhicule. She has twice been awarded the Canada Council Prize for Translation, and in 1988 and 1990 was among the finalists for the Governor General's Translation Prize. Her translations Heartbreaks Along the Road (Roch Carrier) and The First Garden (Anne Hébert) were awarded the Félix-Antoine Savard Prize by the Translation Center, Columbia University, in 1989 and 1990, respectively.

Translated Works

Original	LEBEAU, Hélène, La Chute du corps, Paris: Gallimard and Montréal: Boréal, 1992.
Translation	No Song, But Silence, Toronto: Coach House, 1995.
Original	CARRIER, Roch, Fin, Montreal: Stanké, 1994.
Translation	The End, Toronto: Viking, 1994, 162 p.
Original	HÉBERT, Anne, L'Enfant chargé de songes, Paris: Seuil, 1992.
Translation	Burden of Dreams, Toronto: Anansi, 1994, 165 p.
Original	LEMIEUX, Jean, Lune rouge, Montreal: Québec/Amérique, 1991.
Translation	Red Moon, Dunvegan: Cormorant, 1994, 236 p.
Original	TREMBLAY, Michel, Le Premier Quartier de la lune, Montreal: Leméac, 1989.
Translation	The First Quarter of the Moon, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1994, 240 p.
Original	BEAUCHEMIN, Yves, Juliette Pomerleau, Montreal: Québec/Amérique, 1989.
Translation	Juliette, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1993, 714 p.
Original	BISSONNETTE, Lise, Marie suivait l'été, Montreal: Boréal, 1992.
Translation	Following the Summer, Toronto: Anansi, 1993, 101 p.
Original	L'Homme dans le placard, Montreal: Stanké, 1991.
Translation	The Man in the Closet, Toronto: Viking, 1993, 177 p.
Original	GRAVEL, François, Corneilles, Montreal: Boréal, 1989.
Translation	My Life as a Crow, Toronto: Lorimer, 1993, 80 p.
Original	GRAVEL, François, Deux heures et demie avant Jasmine, Montreal: Boréal, 1991.
Translation	Waiting for Jasmine, Toronto: Groundwood, 1993, 93 p.
Original	POULIN, Jacques, Le Vieux Chagrin, Montreal: Lemeac, 1989.
Translation	Mr. Blue, Montreal: Vehicule, 1993, 160 p.
Original	TURCOTTE, Élise, Le Bruit des choses vivantes, Montreal: Leméac, 1991.
Translation	The Sound of Living Things, Toronto: Coach House, 1993, 153 p.
Original	GRAVEL, François, Bonheur fou, Montreal: Boréal, 1990.
Translation	Felicity's Fool, Dunvegan: Cormorant, 1992, 306 p.
Original	SIOUI, Georges, Pour une autohistoire amérindienne, Quebec City: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1991.
Translation	For an Amerindian Autohistory, Montreal: McGill-Queen's, 1992, 125 p.
Original	CARRIER, Roch, Les Prières d'un enfant très, très sage, Montreal: Stanké, 1988.
Translation	Prayers of a Very Wise Child, Toronto: Viking, 1991, 168 p.
Original	CARRIER, Roch, Un Champion, Montreal: Les Livres Toundra, 1991.
Translation	The Boxing Champion, Montreal: Tundra Books, 1991.
Original	FOURNIER, Pierre, Autopsie du Lac Meech: La souveraineté, est-elle inévitable ?, Montreal: VLB Éditeur, 1990.
Translation	A Meech Lake Post-Mortem: Is Quebec Sovereignty Inevitable?, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991.
Original	GRAVEL, François, Benito, Montreal: Boréal, 1987.
Translation	Benito, Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990.
Original	HÉBERT, Anne, Le Premier jardin, Paris: Seuil, 1988.
Translation	The First Garden, Toronto: Anansi, 1990.
Original	SAVOIE, Jacques, Les Portes tournantes, Montreal: Boréal Express, 1984.
Translation	The Revolving Doors, Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1989.
Original	TREMBLAY, Michel, Le Cœur découvert, Montreal: Leméac, 1986.
Translation	The Heart Laid Bare, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1989.
Original	POULIN, Jacques, Volkswagen Blues, Montreal: Québec/Amérique, 1984.
Translation	Volkswagen Blues, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988.
Original	CARRIER, Roch, De l'amour dans la ferraille, Montreal: Stanké, 1984.
Translation	Heartbreaks Along the Road, Toronto: Anansi, 1987.
Original	BEAUCHEMIN, Yves, Le Matou, Montreal: Québec/Amérique, 1981.
Translation	The Alley Cat, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1986.
Original	CARRIER, Roch, Canada, Montreal: Éditions Libre Expression/Art Global, 1986.
Translation	Canada, Montreal: Éditions Libre Expression/Art Global, 1986.
Original	CARTANO, Tony, Blackbird, Paris: Éditions Buchet/Chastel, 1980.
Translation	Blackbird, New York: Macmillan, 1986.
Original	POULIN, Jacques, Les Grandes Marées, Montreal: Leméac, 1977.
Translation	Spring Tides, Toronto: Anansi, 1986.
Original	BLAIS, Marie-Claire, Visions d'Anna ou Le vertige, Montreal: Stanké, 1982.
Translation	Anna's World, Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1985.
Original	CARRIER, Roch, Le Chandail de hockey, Montreal/Plattsburgh: Les Livres Toundra, 1984.
Translation	The Hockey Sweater, Montréal/Plattsburgh: Tundra Books, 1984.
Original	CARRIER, Roch, La Dame qui avait des chaînes aux chevilles, Montreal: Stanké, 1981.
Translation	Lady with Chains, Toronto: Anansi, 1984.
Original	HÉBERT, Anne, Les Fous de Bassan, Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1982.
Translation	In the Shadow of the Wind, Toronto/New York: Stoddart/Beaufort Books, 1984.
Original	POTVIN, Gilles, OSM: Les Cinquante premières années, Montreal: Stanké, 1984.
Translation	MSO: The First Fifty Years, Montreal: Stanké, 1984.
Original	TREMBLAY, Michel, Thérèse et Pierrette à l'école des Saints-Anges, Montreal: Leméac, 1980.
Translation	Thérèse and Pierrette and the Little Hanging Angel, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1984.
Original	HÉBERT, Anne, Héloïse, Paris: Seuil, 1980.
Translation	Héloïse, Toronto: Stoddart, 1982.
Original	CARRIER, Roch, Il n'y a pas de pays sans grands-pères, Montreal: Stanké 1979.
Translation	No Country Without Grandfathers, Toronto: Anansi, 1981.
Original	TREMBLAY, Michel, La Grosse Femme d'à côté est enceinte, Montreal: Leméac, 1978.
Translation	The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1981.
Original	BLAIS, Marie-Claire, Une Liaison parisienne, Montreal: Stanké/Quinze, 1975.
Translation	A Literary Affair, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1979.
Original	CARRIER, Roch, Les Enfants du bonhomme dans la lune, Montreal: Stanké, 1979.
Translation	The Hockey Sweater and Other Stories, Toronto: Anansi, 1979.
Original	KATTAN, Naim, Les Fruits arrachés, Montreal: Hurtubise HMH, 1977.
Translation	Paris Interlude, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1979.
Original	POULIN, Jacques, Mon cheval pour un royaume; Jimmy; Le cœur de la baleine..., Montreal: Éditions du Jour, 1967; 1969; 1971.
Translation	The Jimmy Trilogy, Toronto: Anansi, 1979.
Original	BEAULIEU, Victor-Lévy, Don Quichotte de la demanche, Montreal: Éditions de l'Aurore, 1974.
Translation	Don Quixote in Nighttown, Erin, Ont.: Porcépic, 1978.
Original	DUPONT, Pierre, 15 novembre 76, Montreal: Les Quinze, 1976.
Translation	How Lévesque Won, Toronto: Lorimer, 1977.
Original	MAJOR, André, L'Épouvantail, Montreal: Éditions du Jour, 1974.
Translation	The Scarecrows of Saint-Emmanuel, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1977.
Original	GIGUÈRE, Roland, Miror et Lettre à l'évadé, Montréal: L'Hexagone.
Translation	Miror & Letters to an Escapee, Erin, Ont.: Press Porcépic, 1976.
Original	KATTAN, Naim, Adieu Babylone, Montreal: Éditions La Presse, 1975.
Translation	Farewell, Babylon, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976.
Original	BEAULIEU, Victor-Lévy, Jack Kerouac: Essai poulet, Montreal: Éditions du Jour, 1972.
Translation	Jack Kerouac: A Chicken Essay, Toronto: Coach House Press, 1975.
Original	TARDIVEL, Jules-Paul, Pour la patrie: roman du XXe siècle, Montreal: Cadieux et Derome; Hurtubise HMH, 1895; 1974.
Translation	For My Country, Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1975.
Original	AQUIN, Hubert, Neige noire, Montreal: Éditions La Presse, 1974.
Translation	Hamlet's Twin, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1974.
Original	BENOIT, Jacques, Jos Carbone, Montreal: Éditions du Jour, 1967.
Translation	Jos Carbone, Montréal: Harvest House, 1974.
Original	BLAIS, Marie-Claire, Le Loup, Montreal: Éditions du Jour, 1972.
Translation	The Wolf, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1974.
Original	CARRIER, Roch, Le Deux-Millième Étage, Montreal: Éditions du Jour, 1973.
Translation	They Won't Demolish Me!, Toronto: Anansi, 1974.
Original	GROS-LOUIS, Max, Le Premier des Hurons, Montreal: Éditions du Jour, 1973.
Translation	First Among the Hurons, Montreal: Harvest House, 1974.
Original	CARRIER, Roch, Il est par là, le soleil, Montreal: Éditions du Jour, 1970.
Translation	Is It the Sun, Philibert?, Toronto: Anansi, 1972.
Original	CARRIER, Roch, Floralie, ou es-tu?, Montreal: Éditions du Jour, 1969.
Translation	Floralie, Where Are You?, Toronto: Anansi, 1971.
Original	CARRIER, Roch, La Guerre, Yes Sir!, Montreal: Éditions du Jour, 1968.
Translation	La Guerre, Yes Sir!, Toronto: Anansi, 1970.