Jean-Paul Murray

A writer, certified/literary translator and communications specialist with nearly 25 years experience working on Parliament Hill. In 2015, Ekstasis Editions published his translation of Robert Lalonde's Little Eagle With a White Head, winner of the 1994 Governor General's Award for French Fiction, and the 1995 France-Québec Prize. He is the former managing editor and English translation coordinator for the magazine Cité libre, founded by Pierre Elliott Trudeau in 1950. From April to November 2015, he was French language translator for the Office of the Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. His latest translation, Robert Lalonde's The Heart is What Dies Last, has just been published. Ekstasis will be releasing his translation of Robert Lalonde's The World on the Side of a Trout in the coming months. Email: jp.murray@live.com