Phyllis Aronoff is a
Canadian
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literary translator. She is most noted as co-winner with
Howard Scott
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Early life
Little is known about Scott's background or his early li ...
of the
at the
2018 Governor General's Awards for ''Descent Into Night'', their translation of
Edem Awumey's novel ''Explication de la nuit''.
They were previously nominated in the same category at the
2009 Governor General's Awards for ''A Slight Case of Fatigue'', their translation of
Stéphane Bourguignon
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*Stéphane Adam (born 1969), French footballer
*Stéphane Agbre Dasse (born 1989), Burkinabé football player
*Stéphane Allagnon, ...
's ''Un peu de fatigue''.
They won the Cole Foundation Prize for Translation at the 2001
Quebec Writers' Federation Awards
The Quebec Writers' Federation Awards are a series of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Quebec Writers' Federation to the best works of literature in English by writers from Quebec. They were known from 1988 to 1998 as the QSPEL ...
for ''The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701: French-Native Diplomacy in the Seventeenth Century'' (
Gilles Havard, ''La Grand Paix de Montréal de 1701: les voies de la diplomatie franco-amérindienne''), and were nominated in 2007 for ''My Name Is Bosnia'' (
Madeleine Gagnon, ''Je m'appelle Bosnia'') and in 2015 for ''As Always'' (Madeleine Gagnon, ''Depuis toujours'').
In 2022, their translation of
Rima Elkouri's novel ''Manam'' was shortlisted for the
Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
Aronoff is a native of
Montreal
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, and was educated at
Concordia University
Concordia University (French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the th ...
.
[Lisa Hagen]
"From rural roots to Rideau Hall"
''New Hamburg Independent'', November 15, 2018.
References
20th-century Canadian translators
21st-century Canadian translators
Governor General's Award-winning translators
French–English translators
Concordia University alumni
Writers from Montreal
Living people
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