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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]