Matt Cohen – 1942-1999
I met Matt Cohen through translation, through the activities of our association to be exact. Someone at his house, his beloved Patsy I suspect, had given me his [...]
Carol Barko – 1932-2013
Inspired by the vitality and uniqueness of Quebec literature, Carol Barko emigrated to Canada/Quebec in 1992, hoping to translate Quebec novelists. Instead, she found the Women's Studio at [...]
Antonino Mazza – 1947-2017
Antonino Mazza, poet, recording artist, translator, and editor, was born in Calabria, Italy, and came to Canada in 1961. He studied at Carleton University, La Scuola Normale Superiore [...]
Barbara Godard – 1942-2010
Born in Toronto, Barbara Godard studied English, Canadian and Quebec literature and comparative literature at the universities of Toronto, Montréal, and Bordeaux. She began translating articles in the social [...]
Jean Antonin Billard – 1930-2016
Old Sedberghians from the 1950s and friends who met Jean at recent Christmas parties will be saddened to hear of his death on October 30th, at the age [...]
Nora Alleyn – 1933-2011
Nora Alleyn grew up in a bicultural family in Québec City. Following a B.A. in languages (McGill University), she joined the Department of External Affairs and lived in Europe [...]
Call for Applications Banff International Literary Translation Centre June 3rd to June 22nd, 2019
The Banff International Literary Translation Centre (BILTC), North America’s only international residency for literary translators, offers a group of about fifteen translators from around the world an opportunity to [...]
SAULINE LETENDRE AWARDED THE 2018 JOHN GLASSCO PRIZE
Montreal, October 4, 2018 — The Literary Translators’ Association of Canada (LTAC) announced the 34th John Glassco Literary Translation Prize winner on Saturday. Sauline Letendre was chosen from over [...]
John Glassco Gala 2018
The Literary Translators’ Association of Canada is delighted to announce the 2018 John Glassco Literary Translation Prize Gala, which will take place at 5 PM on September 29 at [...]
Applications Open for the Translation House Looren Residency
The Translation House Looren supports professional literary translators with two residency grants for projects with English as a source or target language: From autumn 2018 onwards, the Max Geilinger [...]