This is a list of women translators of literature.
Contents
A
- Mana Aghaee
- Catharina Ahlgren (1734–c. 1800)
- Lidiia Alekseeva (1909–1989) – translated the works of Croatian writer Ivan Gundulić into Russian
- Francesca Alexander (1837–1917)
- Acija Alfirević
- Esther Allen
- Selma Ancira – winner, Read Russia Prize 2016
- Alison Anderson
- Anne Milano Appel
- Sarah Ardizzone
- Sarah Austin (1793–1867)
- Oana Avasilichioaei
- Florence Ayscough (c.1878–1942)
B
- Constance Bache (1846–1903)
- Michelle Bailat-Jones
- Katharine F. Baker
- Anna Banti (1895–1985)
- Gili Bar-Hillel
- Polly Barton
- 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
- Barbara Bray (1924–2010)
- Erin Brightwell
- Dorothy Britton (1922–2015)
- Natascha Bruce
- Shelly Bryant
- Dorothy Bussy (1865–1960)
C
- Jen Calleja
- Zenobia Camprubí (1887–1956)
- Hélène Cardona
- Nancy Naomi Carlson
- Juliet Winters Carpenter
- Lisa Carter
- Gigi Chang
- Allison M. Charette
- Anna Gustafsson Chen
- Chi Pang-yuan
- Yukie Chiri (1903–1922)
- Rohini Chowdhury
- Laura Christenson
- Lyn Coffin
- Jessica Cohen
- Anne Coldefy-Faucard – winner, Read Russia Prize 2018
- Charlotte Collins
- Charlotte Coombe
- Nina Cornyetz
- Margaret Jull Costa
- Patricia Crampton (1925–2016)
- Ineke Crezee
- Victoria Cribb
- Jennifer Croft
- Susan Curtis
D
- Anne Dacier (1654–1720)
- Dai Congrong
- Simin Daneshvar (1921–2012)
- Lydia Davis
- Sarah Death
- Katy Derbyshire
- Katrina Dodson
- Adélaïde Dufrénoy (1765–1825)
- Nurduran Duman
- Marta Dziurosz
E
- Ellen Elias-Bursac
- Karen Emmerich
- Maria Espinosa
F
- Marcia Falk
- Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019)
- Annie Finch
- Sheila Fischman
- Carolyn Forché
- Maureen Freely
- Shelley Frisch
G
- Amaia Gabantxo
- Linda Gaboriau
- Ann Gagliardi
- Nora Gal (1912–1991)
- Constance Garnett (1861–1946)
- Svetlana Geier
- Sylvie Gentil (1958–2017)
- Anna Gerasimova
- María José Giménez
- 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
- Celia Hawkesworth
- Lisa Hayden – Read Russia Prize 2016
- Matilda Hays (1820–1897)
- Hélène Henry-Safier – winner, Read Russia Prize 2012
- Mary Herbert (1561–1621)
- Rachel Hildebrandt
- Cathy Hirano
- Mary Hobson
- Lakshmi Holmstrom (1935–2016)
- Anna Holmwood
- Amanda Hopkinson
- Penny Hueston
- Sophie Hughes
- Anna Hume (c.1600–c.1650)
- Adriana Hunter
I
- Jane Ingham (1897–1982)
- Anne Ishii
J
- Carol Brown Janeway (1944–2015)
- Elisabeth Jaquette
- Katrine Øgaard Jensen
- Chenxin Jiang
- Constance Jones (1848–1922)
- Kira Josefsson
- Margaret Jull Costa
K
- Hilary Kaplan
- Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
- Sara Khalili
- Esther Kinsky
- Rachel Klein
- Patricia Klobusiczky
- Tina Kover
L
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Maria Laina
- Rika Lesser
- Suzanne Jill Levine
- Tess Lewis
- Janet Limonard
- Sylvia Li-chun Lin
- Andrea Lingenfelter
- Antonia Lloyd-Jones
- Julia Lovell
- Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (1876–1963)
- Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley (1537–1587)
- Joyce Lussu (1912–1998)
M
- Christina MacSweeney
- Charlotte Mandell
- Emma Manley
- Canan Marasligil
- Linda Marianello
- Farzana Marie
- Maria Mercè Marçal (1952–1998)
- Sophie Maríñez
- Ruth Martin
- Lyn Marven
- Eleanor Marx (1855–1898)
- Melanie Mauthner
- Bonnie McDougall
- Megan McDowell
- Nanette McGuinness
- Anne McLean
- Erica Mena
- Inga Michaeli
- Maria Trinidad Howard Sturgis Middlemore (1846–1890)
- Zdravka Mihaylova
- Diana Mitford (1910–2003)
- Mihaela Moscaliuc
- Erín Moure
- Luisetta Mudie
- Ottilie Mulzet
N
- Irina Negrea
- Marilyn Nelson
- Mary Ann Newman
- Lucy North
- Sara Nović
- Tiina Nunnally
O
- Patricia Oliver
- Yei Theodora Ozaki (1871–1932)
P
- Helena Janina Pajzderska (1862–1927)
- Mrs H.B. Paull (1812-1888)
- Ève Paul-Margueritte (1885–1971)
- Lucie Paul-Margueritte (1886–1955)
- Charlotte Payne-Townshend (1857–1943)
- Fernanda Pivano (1917–2009)
- Agnieszka Pokojska
- Marie Ponsot (1921–2019)
- Allison Markin Powell
- Alta Price
- Minna Zallman Proctor
Q
R
- Emma Ramadan
- Rita Rait-Kovaleva (1898–1988)
- Bhargavi Rao (1944–2008)
- Maruxa Relaño
- Famida Riaz
- Chloe Garcia Roberts
- Nancy N. Roberts
- Angela Rodel
- Lola Rogers
- Louise Rogers Lalaurie
- Margaret Roper (1505–1544)
- Olivia Rossetti Agresti (1875–1960)
S
- Marta Sánchez-Nieves – winner, Read Russia Prize, 2018
- Elvira Sastre
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957)
- Claudia Scandura – winner, Read Russia Prize 2016
- Samantha Schnee
- Marian Schwartz – winner, Read Russia Prize 2014
- Ros Schwartz
- Gail Scott
- Jamie Lee Searle
- Kyoko Selden (1936–2013)
- Danica Seleskovitch (1921–2001)
- Nava Semel (1954–2017)
- Yvette Siegert
- Sirindhorn
- Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020)
- Rachael Small
- Nicky Smalley
- Deborah Smith
- Hilde Spiel (1911–1990)
- Louise Swanton-Belloc (1796–1881)
- Anna Swanwick (1813–1899)
- Cole Swensen
- Fiona Sze-Lorrain
T
- Corine Tachtiris
- Niloufar Talebi
- Ginny Tapley Takemori
- Martha Tennent
- Dorothea Tieck (1799–1841)
- Margaret Tyler (c.1540–c.1590)
U
V
- Leila Vennewitz (1912–2007)
- Evangelina Vigil-Piñón
- Laima Vince
- Saskia Vogel
- Larissa Volokhonsky
W
- Wangui wa Goro
- Helen Wang
- Rachel Ward
- Alyson Waters
- Laura Watkinson
- Susan Wicks
- Celina Wieniewska
- Sian Williams
- Emily Wilson
- Natasha Wimmer
- Sholeh Wolpé
- Frances Wood
- Barbara Wright (1915–2009)
Y
Z
- Aniela Zagórska (1881–1943)
- Beryl de Zoete (1879–1962)
See also
- List of translators
- Women in Translation: An Interview with Margaret Carson & Alta L. Price
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