KAPLANSKY, Jonathan

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Biographical Data

Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Jonathan Kaplansky now lives in Montreal. He attended Tufts University (B.A., major: French; minor: drama), McGill University (M.A., French language and literature) and University of Ottawa (M.A., translation), and studied at Université de Paris III. His published translations include work by Hélène Dorion, Hélène Rioux and Serge Patrice Thibodeau. He also translated an extensive biography on filmmaker Frank Borzage.

Translated Works

Original	Dorion, Hélène. Jours de sable. Montréal. Leméac, 2002, Paris, La Différence, 2003.
Translation	Days of Sand. Toronto, Cormorant Books, 2008, 111 p.
Translation	Seminal: The Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets. Eds. John Barton and Billeh Nickerson. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp, 2007, 320p. Translation of poems by four Québec poets.
Original	Dumont, Hervé. Frank Borzage Sarastro à Hollywood. Mazzota, Cinémathèque française MUSÉE DU CINÉMA, 1993, 387 p.
Translation	Frank Borzage The Life and Films of a Hollywood Romantic. Foreward by Martin Scorsese. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2006, ISBN 0-7864-2187-8 116 photographs, notes, filmography, bibliography, index 428pp.
Original	Michel, Pauline. Les yeux d'eau. Montréal: Édition Gaudet, 1975 and Montréal: Lanctôt éditeur, 2002, 142 p.
Translation	Eyes of Water. Fredericton: Broken Jaw, 2006, 120 p.
Original	Rioux, Hélène. Chambre avec baignoire. Montréal Québec-Amérique 1992 and XYZ, édition revue et corrigée, 2000, 297p.
Translation	Room With Bath. Victoria: Ekstasis Editions, 2005, 182 p.
Original	Thibodeau, Serge Patrice. Que repose. Moncton, Perce-Neige, 2004, 111 p.
Translation	Let Rest. Fredericton: Broken Jaw Press, 2005, 111 p.
Original	Paulin, Marguerite. René Lévesque : une vie, une nation. Montreal: XYZ, 2003, 165 p.
Translation	René Lévesque: Charismatic Leader. Montreal: XYZ, 2004, 158 p.
Original	Cormier, Michel. Louis Robichaud : une révolution si peu tranquille. Moncton: Éditions de la Francophonie, 2004, 302 p.
Translation	Louis Robichaud: A Not So Quiet Revolution.. Lévis: Faye Editions, 2004, 281 p. Biography.
Original	Legaré, Francine. Samuel de Champlain Père de la Nouvelle-France. Montreal: XYZ, 2003, 172 p.
Translation	Samuel de Champlain Father of New France. Montreal: XYZ, 2004, 168 p.
Original	Leblanc, Georges. Au-delà des limites. Lévis, QC: Les Éditions de la Francophonie, 2002.
Translation	Pushing the Limits. Lévis, QC: Les Éditions Faye, 2002. Memoir-adventure.
Original	Dumont, Hervé. Frank Borzage: Sarastro à Hollywood. Lausanne, Mazzota, Cinémathèque française MUSÉE DU CINÉMA, 1993.
Translation	"Frank Borzage: Sarastro in Hollywood" in Frank Borzage: Sarastro en Hollywood. San Sebastian-Madrid, Filmoteca Española, 2001 (biography) (partial English translation, bilingual Spanish edition).
Original	Rioux, Hélène. Traductrice de sentiments. Montreal, XYZ, 1995.
Translation	Reading Nijinsky. Montreal, XYZ, 2001, 145 p. Novel.
Original	Harnois, Suzanne. La Femme parfaite. Montreal, Varia, 1997.
Translation	The Perfect Woman. Montreal, Varia, 1999, 142 p. Short stories.

Publications in journals

Translation	Brochu, André. "Annapurna" and "Supreme Icarus" in ellipse 74, Fall 2005, p. 12-13 & p. 18-27.
Translation	Dickson, Robert. "Rice Lake" and "Robichaud" in ellipse 70, Fall 2003, p. 86-89.
Translation	D'Alfonso, Antonio. "Revolving Door" and "The Back Door" in ellipse 69, Spring 2003, p. 69-73.
Translation	Massicotte, Sylvie. "Secret Garden" in The Bellevue Literary Review, Vol 4, n. 1, Spring 2004, p. 94-95.
Translation	Massicotte, Sylvie. "The Candy Dish" in Beacons, 8, 2004, p. 44-46.
Translation	Massicotte, Sylvie. "Taurus" in Metamorphoses, Vol 11, n. 1, Spring 2003, p. 288-293.
Translation	Rioux, Hélène. "Christmas Eve" in TransLit, 6, 2004, p. 130-141.
Translation	Massicotte, Sylvie. "The Apron" in Beacons, 8, 2002.
Translation	Rioux, Hélène. "The Pet" in TransLit, Vol. 5, Literary Translators' Association of Canada, p. 131-136, 2001.
Translation	Rioux, Hélène. "Vacation" in Beacons, 6, 2001, p. 118-121.
Translation	Rioux, Hélène. "Eating Out" in TransLit, Vol. 4, Literary Translators' Association of Canada, p. 131-133, 1999.
Translation	Toth, Imre. "' ...As Philolaus the Pythagorean said...' philosophy, geometry, freedom" in Diogenes, n. 182, Vol. 46/2, p. 43-71, 1998.