Meet the translator: Alison L. Strayer
Alison L. Strayer is a Canadian translator and writer. She won the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, shared with Annie Ernaux, and the French-American Prize for Translation (both for The Years). Her work has also been shortlisted for the Man Booker International Translation Prize and the Governor General’s Award for Translation, and longlisted for the Albertine Prize and the Warwick Prize. Her novel Jardin et prairie, written in French, was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Literature and the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal, and longlisted for the Prix littéraire France-Québec. She lives in Paris.