Peter McCambridge

{{short description|Canadian literary translator}}

Peter McCambridge is a Canadian literary translator.[https://montrealgazette.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/books-entertainment-pmn/esi-edugyan-patrick-dewitt-return-as-scotiabank-giller-prize-nominees/wcm/b8963914-49c2-4cc1-b158-4dcce32c5b7c "Quebecer Éric Dupont nominated for Scotiabank Giller Prize"]. Montreal Gazette, October 1, 2018. He is most noted as winner the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2023 Governor General's Awards for Rosa's Very Own Personal Revolution, his translation of Éric Dupont's novel La Logeuse.[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/anuja-varghese-wins-governor-generals-literary-award-for-fiction/article_1bb0f610-14e9-5ee7-9f19-68bcbfe555f8.html "Anuja Varghese wins Governor General's literary award for fiction"]. Toronto Star, November 8, 2023.

He was previously nominated in the same category at the 2018 Governor General's Awards for Songs for the Cold of Heart, his translation of Dupont's novel La fiancée américaine,[https://www.cbc.ca/books/finalists-for-2018-governor-general-s-literary-awards-revealed-1.4840600 "Here are the finalists for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Awards"]. CBC Books, October 3, 2018. which was also shortlisted for the 2018 Giller Prize.

Born and raised in Ireland, McCambridge was educated at Cambridge University and has been based in Quebec City since 2003. He is the fiction editor of QC Fiction, an imprint of Baraka Books which specializes in English translations of Quebec literature.[https://quillandquire.com/omni/english-publishers-in-quebec-display-resilience-and-innovation-in-developing-new-markets/ "English publishers in Quebec display resilience and innovation in developing new markets"]. Quill & Quire, September 2017.