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Donald Winkler is a three-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for French-to-English translation. He lives in Montreal.

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How George Orwell’s 1984 Got Published in Cuba

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 - by Donald Winkler

In 2016, the antitotalitarian classic mysteriously appeared in a new translation

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