Phyllis Aronoff translates fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Her solo translations include Message Sticks, by Joséphine Bacon, and The Wanderer, by Régine Robin, which won the Jewish Literary Award for Fiction. Phyllis has served as president of the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada and been its representative on the Public Lending Right Commission.

Phyllis and her collaborator Howard Scott have translated many books, including several by Madeleine Gagnon; conversations between Victor-Lévy Beaulieu and Margaret Atwood; A Slight Case of Fatigue, by Stéphane Bourguignon, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Award; and The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701, by Gilles Havard, which won the QWF Translation Award in 2001.

Books translated by Phyllis Aronoff

Mina Among the Shadows

As Always, A Memoir of a Life in Writing (Depuis toujours)

A Matter of Gravity (Attraction terrestre)

The Social History of Ideas in Quebec, 1760-1896

Wilfred Laurier

My Name Is Bosnia

The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701

Descent Into Night