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Paul Eprile is a Canadian translator, poet, and editor.

Born in London, Ontario, Eprile grew up in Toronto, where he attended the University of Toronto Schools, North Toronto Collegiate, and the University of Toronto.

In the 1980s Eprile worked with indigenous organizations and communities in Canada and overseas. From 1987-90 he served as a development planner for the government of Vanuatu in the South Pacific.

Subsequently he began a career in book publishing, first with the independent, non-fiction press Between the Lines Books (1995-2008), and later as Publisher at Canadian Scholars’ Press/Women’s Press.

In 2014 his translations of two novels by the Provençal author Jean Giono were accepted for publication by New York Review Books. The first, Hill (Colline), will appear in April 2016.

Translations
Hill. New York Review Books (forthcoming, 2016) ISBN 9781590179185

Poems
"The Well of Joseph, Cairo" and "Mudlarks". Cimarron Review Issue 189, Fall 2014