Lilit Žekulin Thwaites

Lilit Žekulin Thwaites is an award-winning Australian literary translator (Spanish to English), and Adjunct Professor (contemporary Spanish literature) at La Trobe University and current President of The Australian Association for Literary Translation (AALITRA). Her book-length translations include Crossing Waters (Luisa Etxenike), the bestselling The Librarian of Auschwitz (Antonio Iturbe), Australian Connection (multiple authors), and Rosa Montero’s futuristic Tears in Rain, and Weight of the Heart. Her translations of short stories, essays and the occasional poem have been published in journals and anthologies. She presents sessions at writers’ festivals, gives talks on Spain-related and translation topics, and (co-)organises visits to Australia by Spanish-speaking writers. In 2016, she was awarded Spain’s Order of Civil Merit.