Jennifer Croft, translator of Olga Tokarczuk
Notes from Poland
English - November 21, 2019 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsNews Commentary News Society & Culture poland polish politics history of poland polish culture poland news. Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the first episode of the Notes from Poland podcast, Stanley Bill talks to Jennifer Croft, the award-winning American translator of Poland's new Nobel laureate, Olga Tokarczuk.
In an in-depth interview with Jennifer Croft, Stanley Bill asks about Olga Tokarczuk's Nobel triumph; the masterpiece The Books of Jacob, which Jennifer is currently translating into English; the earlier novel Flights, for which Jennifer and Tokarczuk won the International Booker Prize in 2018; Jennifer's own writing, including her recently published memoir Homesick; the relation between writing and translation; and Jennifer's path into Polish culture.
Producer: Sebastian Leśniewski