Jo-Anne Elder

Jo-Anne Elder (born in 1957, in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian poet, translator, and editor living in New Brunswick. Holding an MA and PhD in Comparative Canadian Literature from the University of Sherbrooke, she has taught French and worked extensively in literary translation between English and French. She won the David Adams Richards Prize in 2005 for Postcards from Ex-Lovers and has been a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award multiple times. Her work engages with marginalized voices, especially Acadian, and promotes intercultural exchange within Canada’s bilingual landscape.