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I Am Just the Monkey, Not the Organ Grinder

Antonia Lloyd-Jones on Olga Tokarczuk’s Nobel Prize
Mikołaj Gliński
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Mikołaj Gliński:
was an Editor at Przekroj.pl/EN. He is also a translator, co-author of a book about the Polish language “Quarks, Elephants and Pierogi”, and a senior staff writer at Culture.pl, where he writes about Polish culture for non-Polish speakers.

Mikołaj Gliński: How does it feel to be a translator of a Nobel Prize winner? Isn’t it the ultimate goal for all translators? The crowning of all their work? 

Antonia Lloyd-Jones: I’m thrilled to bits, though to be honest, I had never thought about it from the translator’s perspective. I had realized that Olga Tokarczuk was likely to win the Nobel Prize one day, but did not relate that to my own work. I have had lots of very kind messages from around the world congratulating me and suggesting that I had something to do with her victory, but my response is that I am just

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Mikołaj Gliński:
was an Editor at Przekroj.pl/EN. He is also a translator, co-author of a book about the Polish language “Quarks, Elephants and Pierogi”, and a senior staff writer at Culture.pl, where he writes about Polish culture for non-Polish speakers.
Publish date: 16.10.2019

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Grzegorz Uzdański:
was born in 1979. He taught Philosophy and Ethics at the Raszyńska secondary school in Warsaw, and is the author of the website “Nowe wiersze sławnych poetów” [New Poetry from Famous Poets] and of the novel “Wakacje” [Holiday]. He sings and writes lyrics for the band Ryby. He has also written lyrics for the bands EXTRA and Jerz Igor. He performs in the theatre improv group Dobrze and in the comedy trio Wszystko Będzie Dobrze [Everything’s Gonna Be Alright]. He lives in Warsaw.

For those who haven’t read them from start-to-finish, here’s a roundup of Olga Tokarczuk’s books—one of Poland’s most critically acclaimed and successful authors of her generation.

The Journey of the Book-People [Podróż ludzi księgi]

Tokarczuk’s debut. The Book-People travel.

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