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This is a list of women translators of literature.
A
- Mana Aghaee
- Catharina Ahlgren (1734–c. 1800)
- Francesca Alexander (1837–1917)
- Acija Alfirević
- Esther Allen
- Selma Ancira – winner, Read Russia Prize 2016[1]
- Alison Anderson[2]
- Anne Milano Appel
- Sarah Ardizzone
- Sarah Austin (1793–1867)
- Oana Avasilichioaei[3]
- Florence Ayscough (c.1878–1942)[4]
B
- Constance Bache (1846–1903)
- Michelle Bailat-Jones[5]
- Katharine F. Baker[6]
- Anna Banti (1895–1985)
- Gili Bar-Hillel
- Polly Barton[7]
- Aphra Behn (1640–1689)
- Anthea Bell (1936–2018)
- Clara Bell (1835–1927)
- Susan Bernofsky
- Magda Bogin
- Marilyn Booth
- Mary Louise Booth (1831–1889)
- Antonina W. Bouis
- Lisa Rose Bradford[5]
- Barbara Bray (1924–2010)
- Erin Brightwell[7]
- Dorothy Britton (1922–2015)
- Natascha Bruce[8]
- Shelly Bryant[9]
- Dorothy Bussy (1865–1960)
C
- Jen Calleja[10]
- Zenobia Camprubí (1887–1956)
- Hélène Cardona
- Nancy Naomi Carlson[11]
- Juliet Winters Carpenter[12]
- Lisa Carter[13]
- Gigi Chang[14]
- Allison M. Charette[5][15]
- Anna Gustafsson Chen
- Chi Pang-yuan
- Yukie Chiri (1903–1922)
- Rohini Chowdhury
- Laura Christenson[16]
- Lyn Coffin
- Jessica Cohen
- Anne Coldefy-Faucard – winner, Read Russia Prize 2018[1]
- Charlotte Collins
- Charlotte Coombe
- Nina Cornyetz[7]
- Margaret Jull Costa
- Patricia Crampton (1925–2016)
- Ineke Crezee
- Victoria Cribb[17]
- Jennifer Croft
- Susan Curtis[18]
D
- Anne Dacier (1654–1720)
- Dai Congrong[19]
- Simin Daneshvar (1921–2012)
- Lydia Davis
- Sarah Death[20]
- Katy Derbyshire
- Katrina Dodson[21]
- Adélaïde Dufrénoy (1765–1825)
- Nurduran Duman
- Marta Dziurosz[22]
E
- Ellen Elias-Bursac[23]
- Karen Emmerich[24][25]
- Maria Espinosa
F
- Marcia Falk
- Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019)
- Annie Finch
- Sheila Fischman
- Carolyn Forché
- Maureen Freely
- Shelley Frisch
G
- Amaia Gabantxo[26]
- Linda Gaboriau
- Ann Gagliardi[27]
- Constance Garnett (1861–1946)
- Svetlana Geier
- Sylvie Gentil (1958–2017)
- Anna Gerasimova
- María José Giménez[5]
- Barbara Godard (1942–2010)
- Leah Goldberg (1911–1970)
- Ann Goldstein
- Eleanor Goodman
- Luise Gottsched (1713–1762)
- Lucia Graves
- Edith Grossman
- Katia Grubisic
- Lady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895)
H
- Marilyn Hacker
- Sonya Haddad (1936–2004)
- Ivana Hadži-Popović
- Hala Halim
- Geraldine Harcourt (1952–2019)
- Choman Hardi
- Nicky Harman
- Michelle Hartman
- Rosalind Harvey[28]
- Celia Hawkesworth
- Lisa Hayden – Read Russia Prize 2016[1]
- Matilda Hays (1820–1897)
- Hélène Henry-Safier – winner, Read Russia Prize 2012[1]
- Mary Herbert (1561–1621)
- Rachel Hildebrandt[29]
- Cathy Hirano[30]
- Mary Hobson
- Lakshmi Holmstrom (1935–2016)
- Anna Holmwood[31]
- Amanda Hopkinson
- Penny Hueston[32]
- Sophie Hughes[5]
- Anna Hume (c.1600–c.1650)
- Adriana Hunter
I
- Jane Ingham (1897–1982)[33]
- Anne Ishii[34]
J
- Carol Brown Janeway (1944–2015)
- Elisabeth Jaquette
- Katrine Øgaard Jensen[35][36][37]
- Chenxin Jiang[38]
- Constance Jones (1848–1922)
- Kira Josefsson[39]
- Margaret Jull Costa
K
- Hilary Kaplan[40]
- Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp[41]
- Sara Khalili
- Esther Kinsky
- Rachel Klein
- Patricia Klobusiczky[42]
- Tina Kover
L
- Jhumpa Lahiri[43]
- Maria Laina
- Rika Lesser
- Suzanne Jill Levine
- Tess Lewis[44]
- Janet Limonard[45]
- Sylvia Li-chun Lin
- Andrea Lingenfelter[46]
- Antonia Lloyd-Jones[47][48][49]
- Julia Lovell
- Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (1876–1963)
- Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley (1537–1587)
- Joyce Lussu (1912–1998)[50]
M
- Christina MacSweeney[51]
- Charlotte Mandell
- Emma Manley[52]
- Canan Marasligil[53][54]
- Linda Marianello[55]
- Farzana Marie[56]
- Maria Mercè Marçal (1952–1998)
- Sophie Maríñez[57]
- Ruth Martin[58]
- Lyn Marven[59]
- Eleanor Marx (1855–1898)
- Melanie Mauthner[60]
- Bonnie McDougall[61]
- Megan McDowell[62]
- Nanette McGuinness
- Anne McLean
- Erica Mena[63]
- Inga Michaeli[64]
- Maria Trinidad Howard Sturgis Middlemore (1846–1890)
- Zdravka Mihaylova[65]
- Diana Mitford (1910–2003)
- Mihaela Moscaliuc[66]
- Erín Moure
- Luisetta Mudie[67][68]
- Ottilie Mulzet[69]
N
- Irina Negrea
- Marilyn Nelson
- Mary Ann Newman[70]
- Lucy North[71]
- Sara Nović
- Tiina Nunnally
O
- Patricia Oliver[72]
- Yei Theodora Ozaki (1871–1932)
P
- Helena Janina Pajzderska (1862–1927)
- Ève Paul-Margueritte (1885–1971)
- Lucie Paul-Margueritte (1886–1955)
- Charlotte Payne-Townshend (1857–1943)
- Fernanda Pivano (1917–2009)
- Agnieszka Pokojska[73]
- Marie Ponsot (1921–2019)
- Allison Markin Powell[74]
- Alta Price[75]
- Minna Zallman Proctor[76][77]
Q
R
- Emma Ramadan[78]
- Bhargavi Rao (1944–2008)
- Maruxa Relaño[79]
- Famida Riaz[80]
- Chloe Garcia Roberts[81]
- Nancy N. Roberts
- Angela Rodel[82]
- Lola Rogers[83]
- Louise Rogers Lalaurie[84]
- Margaret Roper (1505–1544)
- Olivia Rossetti Agresti (1875–1960)
S
- Marta Sánchez-Nieves – winner, Read Russia Prize, 2018[1]
- Elvira Sastre
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957)
- Claudia Scandura – winner, Read Russia Prize 2016[1]
- Samantha Schnee[85]
- Marian Schwartz – winner, Read Russia Prize 2014[1]
- Ros Schwartz
- Gail Scott[86]
- Jamie Lee Searle[87]
- Kyoko Selden (1936–2013)[88]
- Danica Seleskovitch (1921–2001)
- Nava Semel (1954–2017)
- Yvette Siegert[89]
- Sirindhorn
- Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020)
- Rachael Small[90]
- Nicky Smalley[91]
- Deborah Smith
- Hilde Spiel (1911–1990)
- Louise Swanton-Belloc (1796–1881)
- Anna Swanwick (1813–1899)
- Cole Swensen
- Fiona Sze-Lorrain
T
- Corine Tachtiris[92]
- Niloufar Talebi[93]
- Ginny Tapley Takemori[94][95]
- Martha Tennent[79]
- Dorothea Tieck (1799–1841)
- Margaret Tyler (c.1540–c.1590)
U
- Avery Fischer Udagawa[96]
V
- Leila Vennewitz (1912–2007)
- Evangelina Vigil-Piñón
- Laima Vince[97]
- Saskia Vogel[98]
W
- Wangui wa Goro
- Helen Wang
- Rachel Ward[99]
- Alyson Waters[100]
- Laura Watkinson
- Susan Wicks
- Celina Wieniewska[101]
- Sian Williams[102]
- Emily Wilson
- Natasha Wimmer
- Sholeh Wolpé[103]
- Frances Wood
- Barbara Wright (1915–2009)
Y
Z
- Aniela Zagórska (1881–1943)
- Beryl de Zoete (1879–1962)
See also
- List of translators
- Indian women translators
- Women in Translation: An Interview with Margaret Carson & Alta L. Price[104]
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