VON FLOTOW, Luise
Ottawa, Ontario
French-English
German-English
Biographical Data

Luise von Flotow translates literary works from French and German, occasionally works in journalism, and teaches. She has worked at universities in the USA, Germany and France and is currently assistant professor for translation studies at the School of Translation and Interpretation, University of Ottawa. In 1992, her translation Deathly Delights was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award. Her academic work includes a recent book: Translation and Gender - Translating in the 'Era of Feminism' (St. Jerome Publishing, Manchester, 1997).

Translated Works

Original	BRASCH, Thomas, Vor Den Väter Sterben Die Söhne, Berlin: Rotbuch, 1978.
Translation	The Young Men Die Before Their Fathers, Toronto: Guernica, 1998. Short stories.
Original	JACOB, Suzanne, Maude, Montreal: NBJ, 1988.
Translation	Maude, Toronto: Guernica, 1997. Novella,
Original	CHIELLINO, Gino, A series of essays on cultural politics, Germany: Augsburg.
Translation	Fremde: Discourses on the Foreign, Toronto: Guernica, 1995. Essays.
Original	DANDURAND, Anne, Un Cœur qui craque, Montreal: VLB Éditeur, 1990.
Translation	The Cracks, Stratford: Mercury Press, 1992. Novel.
Original	DANDURAND, Anne, Diables d'espoir/L'Assassin de l'intérieur, Montreal: XYZ, 1988.
Translation	Deathly Delights, Montreal: Véhicule Press, 1991.
Original	THÉORET, France, L'Homme qui peignait Staline, Montreal: Les Herbes rouges, 1989.
Translation	The Man Who Painted Stalin, Stratford/Toronto: Mercury Press, 1991.
Original	WEISS, Konrad, “Die Neue-Alte Gefahr. Faschisten in der DDR,” in Kontext, 1989.
Translation	“The New-Old Danger—Fascists in the GDR, in Crosscurrents, Yale University Press, 1991.
Original	DANDURAND, Anne, «Dans la nuit les bruits, les cris et les parfums», «Inès Courage», from Voilà c'est moi: c'est rien, j'angoisse, Montréal: Tryptique, 1988.
Translation	“In the Night, Noises, Cries and Scents,” “Inès Courage”, Michigan Quarterly Review (Fall 1990).
Original	JELINEK, Elfriede, “Der Sinn des Obszönen,” “Lust (ein Auszug)”, from Frauen und Pornographie, Tübingen: Verlag Claudia Gehrke, 1988.
Translation	“The Meaning of the Obscene,” “Lust (an excerpt)”, Michigan Quarterly Review (Fall 1990).
Original	OUELLETTE-MICHALSKA, Madeleine, La Femme de sable, Montreal: L'Hexagone, 1987.
Translation	The Sandwoman, Montreal: Guernica, 1989.
Original	Various authors and stories.
Translation	Ink and Strawberries, Toronto: AYA Press, 1988.
Original	BROSSARD, Nicole, et al., «Entretien avec Nicole Brossard», Montréal: La Nouvelle barre du jour, 1982.
Translation	“Interview with Nicole Brossard”, Canadian Fiction Magazine (1984).