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Käthe Roth

Kathe Roth was born in Montréal and now lives in Saint-Lazare, Québec. She has been a literary translator and editor for more than twenty-five years. Her work includes over thirty translated books and essays of literary non-fiction on various subjects, including art, architecture, economics, history, and sociology, as well as fiction. She was a finalist for the Governor General Award for literary translation in 1993 for “The Last Cod Fish” by Pol Chantraine. She is a member of the Literary Translators Association of Canada.

Books by Käthe Roth

The Government of Natural Resources

Science, Territory, and State Power in Quebec, 1867–1939

by (author) Stéphane Castonguay
foreword by Graeme Wynn
translated by Käthe Roth

To Be Equals in Our Own Country

Women and the Vote in Quebec

by (author) Denyse Baillargeon
translated by Käthe Roth

Wages for Housework

A History of an International Feminist Movement, 1972–77

by (author) Louise Toupin
translated by Käthe Roth

Breaking News?

Politics, Journalism, and Infotainment on Quebec Television

by (author) Frédérick Bastien
translated by Käthe Roth

Who Is Bob_34?

Investigating Child Cyberpornography

by (author) Francis Fortin & Patrice Corriveau
translated by Käthe Roth

Wild Red Love

by (author) Pierre Chatillon
translated by Käthe Roth

Sex Work

Rethinking the Job, Respecting the Workers

by (author) Colette Parent, Chris Bruckert, Patrice Corriveau, Maria Nengeh Mensah & Louise Toupin
translated by Käthe Roth

The First Jews in North America

The Extraordinary Story of the Hart Family (1760–1860)

by (author) Denis Vaugeois
translated by Käthe Roth

Two Mediterranean Worlds

Diverging Paths of Globalization and Autonomy

edited by Yassine Essid & William D. Coleman
translated by Käthe Roth

Judging Homosexuals

A History of Gay Persecution in Quebec and France

by (author) Patrice Corriveau
foreword by Barry Adam
translated by Käthe Roth

Quebec Women and Legislative Representation

by (author) Manon Tremblay
translated by Käthe Roth

Plains of Abraham, The

The Search for the Ideal

by (author) Jacques Mathieu & Eugen Kedl
translated by Käthe Roth

America's Gift

What the World Owes to the Americas and Their First Inhabitants

by (author) Käthe Roth & Denis Vaugeois