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Susan Ouriou

Susan Ouriou

City : Calgary
Province : AB

Membership category : Full member

About / Bio

Susan translates from French and Spanish to English. Six of her translations have been shortlisted for the Governor General's award, one of which won that same award. She was one of the co-founders of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre and its director for 3 years and has edited two anthologies: Beyond Words – Translating the World and Languages of Our Land – Indigenous Poems and Stories from Quebec. She was the founding editor of the translation anthology TransLit and is also an award-winning fiction writer. Her latest writing/translation project is the collective theatre piece and anthology Many Mothers - Seven Skies, to be published and performed in July 2023 at the Heritage Park Opera Theatre in Calgary. She was appointed Chevalier in France's Ordre des Arts et Lettres for her work as a translator, writer and interpreter.

Education / Training

Masters in Translation Studies, Paris V

Awards & Distinctions

Governor General's award
IBBY Honor Listings
Chevalier in L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France

Languages

    French -> English
    Spanish -> English

Literary Types

  • Graphic Novels
  • Non fiction
  • Children's / YA Literature
  • Poetry
  • Fiction
  • Theatre

Selected Bibliography

  • Stolen Sisters - The Story of Two Missing Girls, Their Families and How Canada Has Failed Indigenous Women, Emmanuelle Walter, Fr-En co-translation with Christelle Morelli Short-listed for the Governor General’s Award for Translation
  • Charlotte Gingras, "Pieces of Me" (translation of "La Liberté? Connais pas..."), Toronto: Kids Can Press, Winner of the Governor General's Award for Literary Translation
  • White Resin, Audrée Wilhelmy (short-listed for the GG)
  • Winter Child, Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau, co-translated from French to English with Christelle Morelli
  • The Lover, the Lake, Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau (short-listed for the GG)
  • Kukum, Michel Jean (upcoming)
  • Jane, the Fox and Me, Fanny Britt, Fr-En co-translation with Christelle Morelli New York times Best Books of the Year & IBBY Honour List
  • Necessary Betrayals, Guillaume Vigneault Short-listed for the Governor General’s Award for Translation, Fr-En
  • The Road to Chlifa, Michèle Marineau Short-listed for the Governor General’s Award for Translation, Fr-En
  • La Malinche, Francisco Serrano translated from Spanish to English, USBBY Outstanding International Book

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