In Memoriam
Members who are no longer with us, but who live on through the contributions they made to the association and to literary translation.
Gerald (Jerry) Chapple — 1937-2025
Gerald Chapple passed away at age 87, surrounded by loving family, at Vassar Brothers Hospital, in Poughkeepsie, New York. Gerald was born in Montreal, to the late Francis Pitts [...]
Marie-Cécile Brasseur — 1948-2025
Marie-Cécile Brasseur became active in translation after many years as a bookseller in Paris and then Montreal. She specialized in non-fiction and worked with Indigenous organizations such as the [...]
Suzanne Saint-Jacques Mineau — 1933-2025
Suzanne Mineau was a steadfast member of the Association for many years, regularly driving to Montreal from Sutton for meetings and events. She studied literature at the Université de [...]
Lori Saint-Martin (1959-2022)
Lori Saint-Martin was an acclaimed Canadian author and literary translator, as well as a tireless champion of literary translation. With husband Paul Gagné, she translated over a hundred books [...]
Jane Brierley (1935-2023)
Jane Brierley has translated books on philosophy, history and biography, children's literature and science fiction from French into English. She has won the Governor General's Award for French to [...]
Karin Montin 1957-2021
The LTAC was recently saddened to learn of the passing of longtime friend and member, Karin Montin, after prolonged illness on August 9th at the age of 63. Karin [...]
Ray Chamberlain
French to English
Larry Shouldice 1946-1991
French to English
Philip Stratford – 1927-1999
Philip Stratford was a founding member of the Literary Translators Association of Canada, serving for two years as secretary. Stratford worked in a number of forms and genres, from translating [...]
Alan Brown
Alan Brown was the fourth and final translator of Gabrielle Roy’s fiction. In addition to Children of My Heart, he translated her 1975 book Un Jardin ou bout du monde [...]
Paule Cloutier-Daveluy – 1919-2016
Paule Cloutier-Daveluy, mieux connue sous le nom de plume de Paule Daveluy, est une écrivaine et traductrice québécoise. Madame Daveluy a complété des études en création littéraire (1960) et perfectionnement [...]
Jean Simard – 1916-2005
C'est dans sa ville natale de Québec que Jean Simard a fait ses études classiques. Il a ensuite obtenu un diplôme de professeur de dessin de l'École des Beaux-Arts de [...]