thumb|Gaboriau in Montreal, Quebec, inside the Aux Écuries Theatre
Linda Gaboriau ( Johnson) is a Canadian dramaturg and literary translator who has translated some 125 plays and novels by Quebec writers, including many of the Quebec plays best known to English-speaking audiences.
Background
A native of Boston,
Work
Her translations have garnered many awards, including three Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Awards for Michel Marc Bouchard's Lilies (Les Feluettes) in 1992, Normand Chaurette's The Queens (Les Reines) in 1993 and Bouchard's The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines) in 1999; the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 1991 for Lilies and in 2000 for Michel Tremblay's For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again (Encore une fois si vous permettez); three Governor General's Awards for French to English translation in 1996 for Daniel Danis's Stone and Ashes (Cendres de cailloux), in 2010 for Wajdi Mouawad's Forests (Forêts) and in 2019 for Mouawad's Birds of a Kind (Tous des oiseaux); and the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Drama for Bouchard's Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme).
She was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015 and Officer of the Ordre National du Québec in 2023.
Personal life
Gaboriau was previously married to Montreal city councillor Nick Auf der Maur, She and her late partner of 35 years, author and professor Hervé de Fontenay, have one son, architect Yves de Fontenay.