The Polish Book Institute

Olga Tokarczuk appeared on the longlist of nominees for the prestigious American National Book Award for the third time. In 2018, she made it to the finals of the competition with the novel Bieguni ("Flights") translated by Jennifer Croft; a year later, the nomination went to the translation of the book Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych ("Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead") by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, and this time, the jury recognised Księgi Jakubowe (“The Books of Jacob”). Jennifer Croft's translation has already received the Found in Translation award granted by the Book Institute, the Polish Cultural Institute in London, and the Polish Cultural Institute in New York.

Olga Tokarczuk appeared on the longlist of nominees for the prestigious American National Book Award for the second time. Last year, she made it to the finals of the competition with the novel Bieguni ("Flights"). This time, the nomination went to the translation of the book Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych ("Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead") by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, a Transatlantyk Award winner.

The translation of Olga Tokarczuk's Bieguni (‘Flights’) has reached the finale of the prestigious American literary award National Book Award. Together with four other entries, it was nominated in the category of books translated into English. The winner will be announced on 14 November. The translation of Flights by Jennifer Croft was created thanks to co-financing from the Polish Book Institute as part of the ©Poland Translation Programme.