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Sheila Fischman

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Sheila Fischman


Born
in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
December 01, 1937

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Genre
Fiction


Sheila Leah Fischman, CM, is a Canadian translator who specializes in the translation of works of contemporary Quebec literature.

Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, she was brought up in Ontario. She holds an M.A. from the University of Toronto. Fischman is a former editor of the Montreal Star's book section, as well as a columnist for the Globe & Mail and the Montreal Gazette and a broadcaster for CBC Radio.

She is a founding member of the Literary Translators' Association of Canada and founding co-editor of Ellipse: Œuvres en traduction/Writers in Translation.

Fischman has translated nearly 150 Quebec novels into English, including works by such noted Quebec authors as Michel Tremblay, Jacques Poulin, Anne Hébert, Marie-Claire Blais, Roch Ca ...more

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4.20 avg rating — 1,998 ratings — published 1979 — 17 editions
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