List of women translators

This is a list of women translators of literature.

A

• Sara Aboobacker – translator of novels into Kannada
• Mana Aghaee (born 1973)
• Pratibha Agrawal (born 1930)
• Catharina Ahlgren (1734–)
• Lidiia Alekseeva (1909–1989) – translated the works of Croatian writer Ivan Gundulić into Russian
• Francesca Alexander (1837–1917)
• Acija Alfirević (born 1951)
• Esther Allen (born 1962)
• Selma Ancira – winner, Read Russia Prize 2016
• Alison Anderson
• Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova (1921–1998)
• Anne Milano Appel
• Sarah Ardizzone
• Wilhelmiina Arpiainen (1859–1922)
• Sarah Austin (1793–1867)
• Oana Avasilichioaei
• Florence Ayscough (c.1878–1942)

B

• Constance Bache (1846–1903)
• Michelle Bailat-Jones
• Katharine F. Baker
• Albena Bakratcheva (born 1961)
• Shakuntala Baliarsingh (born 1948)
• Solvej Balle (born 1962)
• Anna Banti (1895–1985)
• Ilse Barea-Kulcsar (1902–1973)
• Gili Bar-Hillel (born 1974)
• Polly Barton
• Zoë Beck (born 1975)
• Aphra Behn (1640–1689)
• Anthea Bell (1936–2018)
• Clara Bell (1835–1927)
• Susan Bernofsky (born 1966)
• Magda Bogin (born 1950)
• Marilyn Booth (born 1955)
• Mary Louise Booth (1831–1889)
• Antonina W. Bouis
• Lisa Rose Bradford
• Anneke Brassinga (born 1945)
• Barbara Bray (1924–2010)
• Louise Briggs (1870–1945)
• Erin Brightwell
• Dorothy Britton (1922–2015)
• Natascha Bruce
• Shelly Bryant
• Catharina Burea (1601–1678)
• Dorothy Bussy (1865–1960)

C

• Jen Calleja
• Marguerite de Cambis (fl. 1550s)
• Zenobia Camprubí (1887–1956)
• Hélène Cardona
• Nancy Naomi Carlson
• Juliet Winters Carpenter
• Margaret Carroux (1912–1991)
• Lisa Carter
• Gigi Chang
• Lucy Chao (1912–1998)
• Allison M. Charette
• Anna Gustafsson Chen (born 1965)
• Chi Pang-yuan (1924–2024)
• Yukie Chiri (1903–1922)
• Rohini Chowdhury (born 1963)
• Laura Christenson
• Lyn Coffin (born 1943)
• Jessica Cohen (born 1973)
• Anne Coldefy-Faucard – winner, Read Russia Prize 2018
• Elizabeth Colenso
• Charlotte Collins (1821–1904)
• Charlotte Coombe
• Nina Cornyetz
• Margaret Jull Costa (born 1949)
• Patricia Crampton (1925–2016)
• Ineke Crezee
• Victoria Cribb
• Jennifer Croft
• Susan Curtis

D

• Anne Dacier (1654–1720)
• Dai Congrong
• Anila Dalal (born 1933)
• Simin Daneshvar (1921–2012)
• Lydia Davis (born 1947)
• Sarah Death
• Katy Derbyshire
• Katrina Dodson
• Jennifer Kewley Draskau
• Adélaïde Dufrénoy (1765–1825)
• Nurduran Duman (born 1974)
• Xenia Dyakonova
• Janina Dziarnowska
• Marta Dziurosz

E

• Ellen Elias-Bursac
• Karen Emmerich
• Maria Espinosa (born 1939)

F

• Marcia Falk
• Jennifer Feeley
• Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019)
• Annie Finch (born 1956)
• Sheila Fischman (born 1937)
• Carolyn Forché (born 1950)
• Maureen Freely (born 1952)
• Marie de France (fl. 1160–1215)
• Shelley Frisch (born 1952)

G

• Amaia Gabantxo
• Linda Gaboriau
• Ann Gagliardi
• Nora Gal (1912–1991)
• Constance Garnett (1861–1946)
• Ágnes Gergely (born 1933)
• Svetlana Geier (1923–2010)
• (1958–2017)
• Anna Gerasimova (born 1961)
• María José Giménez
• Tatiana Gnedich
• Barbara Godard (1942–2010)
• Leah Goldberg (1911–1970)
• Lili Golestan (born 1944)
• Ann Goldstein (born 1949)
• Eleanor Goodman (born 1979)
• Luise Gottsched (1713–1762)
• Lucia Graves (born 1943)
• Edith Grossman (born 1936)
• Katia Grubisic (born 1978)
• Lady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895)

H

• Marilyn Hacker (born 1942)
• Sonya Haddad (1936–2004)
• Ivana Hadži-Popović
• Hala Halim
• Geraldine Harcourt (1952–2019)
• Choman Hardi (born 1974)
• Nicky Harman
• Michelle Hartman
• Rosalind Harvey
• Celia Hawkesworth (born 1942)
• 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
• Estella Hijmans-Hertzveld (1837–1881)
• Mary Hobson (1926–2020)
• Lakshmi Holmstrom (1935–2016)
• Anna Holmwood
• Janet Hong
• Amanda Hopkinson (born 1948)
• Caroline van der Hucht-Kerkhoven (1840–1915)
• Penny Hueston
• Sophie Hughes (born 1986)
• Anna Hume (c.1600–c.1650)
• Adriana Hunter
• Sawad Hussain

I

• Jane Ingham (18971982)
• Nana Isaia (1934–2003)
• Anne Ishii

J

• Carol Brown Janeway (1944–2015)
• Elisabeth Jaquette
• Katrine Øgaard Jensen
• Chenxin Jiang
• Ólafía Jóhannsdóttir (1863–1924)
• Constance Jones (1848–1922)
• Kira Josefsson
• Manjari Joshi (born 1960)
• Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789–1826)
• Margaret Jull Costa (born 1949)
• Rosa Junck (1850–1929), Bohemian Esperantist and translator
• Kersti Juva (born 1948)

K

• Hilary Kaplan
• Jaana Kapari-Jatta (born 1955)
• Doris Kareva (born 1958)
• Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
• Anbara Salam Khalidi (1897–1986)
• Sara Khalili
• Sora Kim-Russell
• Esther Kinsky (born 1956)
• Nada Klaić (1920–1988)
• Rachel Klein
• Patricia Klobusiczky
• Tina Kover (born 1975)

L

• Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967)
• Maria Laina (1947–2023)
• Rika Lesser (born 1953)
• Suzanne Jill Levine
• Tess Lewis
• Janet Limonard
• Sylvia Li-chun Lin
• Anne Lill (born 1946)
• Andrea Lingenfelter
• Clarice Lispector (1920–1977)
• Antonia Lloyd-Jones (born 1962)
• Agnete Loth (1921–1990)
• Julia Lovell (born 1975)
• Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (1876–1963)
• Mary Stanley Low (1912–2007)
• Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont (<abbr>c.</abbr> 1395–1456)
• Ida Nyrop Ludvigsen (1927–1973)
• Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley (1537–1587)
• Joyce Lussu (1912–1998)
• Mary Ann Lyth (1811–1890)

M

• Christina MacSweeney
• Charlotte Mandell (born 1968)
• Emma Manley
• Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921–7 July 1995)
• Canan Marasligil
• Željka Markić (born 1964)
• 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 (born 1962)
• Erica Mena
• Mandali Mendrilla (born 1976)
• Inga Michaeli
• Maria Trinidad Howard Sturgis Middlemore (1846–1890)
• Zdravka Mihaylova
• Kateryna Mikhalitsyna (born 1982)
• Grażyna Miller (1957–2009)
• Diana Mitford (1910–2003)
• Midori Miura (1947–2012)
• Cläre Mjøen (1874–1963)
• Mihaela Moscaliuc
• Jaroslava Moserová
• Erín Moure (born 1955)
• Luisetta Mudie
• Hana Catherine Mullens (1826–1861)
• Ottilie Mulzet

N

• Irina Negrea (born 1952)
• Marilyn Nelson (born 1946)
• Mary Ann Newman
• Lucy North
• Sara Nović (born 1987)
• Minni Nurme (1917–1994)
• Tiina Nunnally (born 1952)

O

• Patricia Oliver
• Gemma Rovira Ortega (born 1974)
• 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)
• Eila Pennanen (1916–1994)
• Hana Preinhaelterová (1938–2018)
• Fernanda Pivano (1917–2009)
• Laura Poantă (born 1971)
• Agnieszka Pokojska
• Marie Ponsot (1921–2019)
• Allison Markin Powell
• Alta Price
• Minna Zallman Proctor

Q

• Isabel Quigly

R

• Katherine Raleigh
• Emma Ramadan
• Rita Rait-Kovaleva (1898–1988)
• Bhargavi Rao (1944–2008)
• Anna Řeháková (1850–1937)
• Nadine Ribault (1964–2021)
• Maruxa Relaño
• Famida Riaz
• Chloe Garcia Roberts
• Nancy N. Roberts (born 1957)
• Angela Rodel
• Fátima Rodríguez
• Lola Rogers
• Louise Rogers Lalaurie
• Madeleine Rolland (1872–1960)
• Margaret Roper (1505–1544)
• Olivia Rossetti Agresti (1875–1960)

S

• Isabel Sabogal
• Marta Sánchez-Nieves – winner, Read Russia Prize, 2018
• Elvira Sastre (born 1992)
• Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957)
• Claudia Scandura – winner, Read Russia Prize 2016
• Louisa Frederica Adela Schafer (born 1865) – translated English hymns in Esperanto
• Daisy Schjelderup (1916–1991)
• Samantha Schnee
• Eleanor of Scotland (1433–1480)
• 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)
• Ly Seppel (born 1943)
• Rachel Shapira
• Iryna Shuvalova (born 1986)
• Yvette Siegert
• Sirindhorn (born 1955)
• Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020)
• Maria Skibniewska (1904–1984)
• Rachael Small
• Nicky Smalley
• Deborah Smith (born 1987)
• Hilde Spiel (1911–1990)
• Nadejda Stancioff
• Marielle Sutherland, winner of the Stevns Translation Prize
• Louise Swanton-Belloc (1796–1881)
• Anna Swanwick (1813–1899)
• Cole Swensen (born 1955)
• Fiona Sze-Lorrain (born 1980)

T

• Corine Tachtiris
• Niloufar Talebi
• Ginny Tapley Takemori
• Martha Tennent
• Anne Thompson Melo, winner of the Stevns Translation Prize
• Dorothea Tieck (1799–1841)
• Beatrix Lucia Catherine Tollemache (1840–1926)
• Tyyni Tuulio (1892–1991)
• Margaret Tyler (c.1540–c.1590)

U

• Avery Fischer Udagawa

V

• Louise Varèse (1890–1989)
• Maria Vega (1898–1980)
• Ngarmpun Vejjajiva (born 1962)
• Leila Vennewitz (1912–2007)
• Evangelina Vigil-Piñón (born 1949)
• Vittoria Alliata di Villafranca (born 1950)
• Laima Vince
• Saskia Vogel (born 1981)
• Larissa Volokhonsky
• Rita Vorperian

W

• Martina Wachendorff
• Claire Wadie, winner of the Stevns Translation Prize
• Wangui wa Goro
• Helen Wang
• Rachel Ward
• Alyson Waters
• Laura Watkinson
• Elizabeth Weber
• Halina Weinstein
• Jenny Weleminsky (1882–1957)
• Reza de Wet (1952–2012)
• Susan Wicks (born 1947)
• Celina Wieniewska
• Marion Wiesel (1931–2025)
• Sian Williams
• Emily Wilson (born 1971)
• Natasha Wimmer (born 1973)
• Zora Wolfová (1928–2012)
• Sholeh Wolpé
• Frances Wood (born 1948)
• Barbara Wright (1915–2009)
• Lia Wyler (1934–2018)

Y

• Gladys Yang (1919–1999)

Z

• Safrira Zachai (born 1932)
• 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

References

External links

• Some famous women translators of the past - by Marie Lebert