Discover the shortlist: Jennifer Croft, ‘Translation is an apprenticeship in creative writing’
Awarded the 2018 Booker International Prize for Flights, Croft tells us what draws her to the art of translation.
Jennifer Croft
Jennifer Croft is an American author, critic and translator who works from Polish, Ukrainian and Argentine Spanish
With the author Olga Tokarczuk, she was awarded the Booker International Prize 2018 for her translation of Flights. In 2020, she was awarded the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for Homesick, which was originally written in Spanish in 2014 and was published in Argentina under its original title, Serpientes y Escaleras.
Video highlights
- By
- Olga Tokarczuk
- Translated by
- Jennifer Croft
- Published by
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
Olga Tokarczuk’s unique novel interweaves reflections on travel with an exploration of human anatomy - examining life and death, motion and migration
All nominated books
Olga Tokarczuk's portrayal of Enlightenment Europe on the cusp of precipitous change, searching for certainty and longing for transcendence
Translated by Jennifer Croft
Olga Tokarczuk’s unique novel interweaves reflections on travel with an exploration of human anatomy - examining life and death, motion and migration
Translated by Jennifer Croft
