Olga Tokarczuk in the final of the International Booker for the third time in 5 years
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The translation of the Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, authored by Jennifer Croft, was recognized by the jury for the International Booker Prize. Will the Polish woman get one of the most important literary awards in the world again?
The award for the best novel translated into English, although it was launched in a new version only in 2016, has become one of the most prestigious awards for literature, after the Nobel Prize and the English-language Booker. The author and translator of the work are always awarded.
Apart from the Polish writer, the finals included: Mieko Kawakami (Heaven, translated from Japanese by Samuel Bett and David Boyd), Claudia Piñeiro (Elena Knows, translated from Spanish by Frances Riddle), Jon Fosse (A New Name, Septology VI-VII, translated from Norwegian Damion Searls), Geetanjali Shree (Tomb of Sand, Hindi Daisy Rockwell), and Bora Chung (Cursed Bunny, Korean Anton Hur).
