About / Bio
Luba Markovskaia was born in Leningrad in 1988, and has been living in Montreal since the age of five. After completing a PhD in French literature, she launched her freelance career as a translator, working with various publishers and cultural institutions. She sits on the editorial board of Spirale magazine and serves as a literary translation consultant for Les Éditions du Boréal. She was an active board member for LTAC between 2022 and 2024.
Education / Training
PhD, Département des littératures de langue française, de traduction et de création, McGill University (2016)
Awards & Distinctions
Prix Nicole et Émile Martel, Académie des lettres du Québec, 2025
Cole Foundation Prize for Translation 2024 (finalist)
Governor General's Literary Award for translation 2023 (finalist)
John Glassco Translation Prize, 2021
Cole Foundation Prize for Translation 2024 (finalist)
Governor General's Literary Award for translation 2023 (finalist)
John Glassco Translation Prize, 2021
Languages
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English -> French
Russian -> French
French -> English
Russian -> English
Literary Types
- Graphic Novels
- Non fiction
- Children's / YA Literature
- Poetry
- Fiction
- Dubbing or Subtitling
- Theatre
Selected Bibliography
- Matthew Tétreault, Tiens ta langue, Éditions la Peuplade, 2025.
- Gillian Sze, Pensée nuit tranquille, Éditions de l'Hexagone, 2024.
- Lisa Moore, Comment il faut aimer, Éditions du Boréal, 2024.
- Gillian Sze, Peler les ramboutans, Éditions de l'Hexagone, 2022.
- Joe Ollmann, Père fictif, Éditions de la Pastèque, 2022.
- Elena Johnson, Notes de terrain pour la toundra alpine, PUQ, coll. Jardin de givre, 2021.
- Annick MacAskill, Shadow Blight (excerpt), Estuaire 189, 2023.
- Phyllis Webstad, Derrière l'histoire du chandail orange, Medicine Wheel Publishing, 2022.
- David Homel et Marie-Louise Gay, Escapades à Cuba, Éditions du Boréal, 2022.
- Jean-Louis Cohen, Building a New New World. Amerikanizm in Russian architecture (1861-1991), Yale University Press, 2020.