Antonia Lloyd-Jones
@antonialloydjones.bsky.social
Translator of Polish literature
Joanna Olczak Ronikier’s remarkable biography of her Polish-Jewish family was recently reissued in the US, thanks to her indomitable cousin, Peter Osnos. Here is a helpful review that explains why this is such an exceptional book. momentmag.com/book-review-...
Book Review | A Polish Jewish Experiment in Modernity
Reading Joanna Olczak-Ronikier’s book about her family, I was reminded of my first morning in Poland on a reporting assignment in 1981.
momentmag.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Joanna Olczak Ronikier’s remarkable biography of her Polish-Jewish family was recently reissued in the US, thanks to her indomitable cousin, Peter Osnos. Here is a helpful review that explains why this is such an exceptional book. momentmag.com/book-review-...
Here’s an excellent article in The Spectator about one of my favourite Polish authors, Mariusz Szczygieł. It’s great to see his genius gaining recognition in English. www.spectator.co.uk/article/ther...
There's no writer quite like Mariusz Szczygiel
Szczygiel takes pains to preserve tiny things for us: a snatch of dialogue overheard on the metro, or a conversation with a random stranger.
www.spectator.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Here’s an excellent article in The Spectator about one of my favourite Polish authors, Mariusz Szczygieł. It’s great to see his genius gaining recognition in English. www.spectator.co.uk/article/ther...
Here’s a newly published translation of “Siren”, a story by Margo Rejmer from her collection “The Burden of Skin”. I find this story haunting, beautiful but unsettling, which is fairly typical of Rejmer’s powerful writing. fourwayreview.com/the-heart-of...
THE HEART OF A SIREN by Margo Rejmer, translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
From the recent collection The Burden of Skin. The sea was groaning like a wounded beast. Is the sea hungry? Or thirsty? Is it afraid? Dawn was slipping through holes in the thin curtains. L…
fourwayreview.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Here’s a newly published translation of “Siren”, a story by Margo Rejmer from her collection “The Burden of Skin”. I find this story haunting, beautiful but unsettling, which is fairly typical of Rejmer’s powerful writing. fourwayreview.com/the-heart-of...
Thursday was publication day for “Not There” by Mariusz Szczygieł, an intriguing collection of features loosely connected by the experience of loss, and plenty of other experiences too. To the author’s surprise, this very personal book was a big hit in Poland. www.polskieradio.pl/395/7791/art...
Collection of essays by Polish writer Mariusz Szczygieł published in the UK
A collection of literary essays by prominent Polish reportage writer Mariusz Szczygieł is set to be launched this week in Britain.
www.polskieradio.pl
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Thursday was publication day for “Not There” by Mariusz Szczygieł, an intriguing collection of features loosely connected by the experience of loss, and plenty of other experiences too. To the author’s surprise, this very personal book was a big hit in Poland. www.polskieradio.pl/395/7791/art...
Here’s a new children’s picture book from @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social in my translation, the third in a series by Tina Oziewicz and Aleksandra Zając, ideal for prompting conversations about emotions as well as for pure entertainment. pushkinpress.com/book/what-fe...
What Feelings Do at Night by Tina Oziewicz | 9781782695301 | Pushkin Press
Happiness sleeps peacefully. Imagination puts on her boots and goes out for a long ramble under the stars. Anger loves stormy nights, when the whole sky feels l
pushkinpress.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Here’s a new children’s picture book from @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social in my translation, the third in a series by Tina Oziewicz and Aleksandra Zając, ideal for prompting conversations about emotions as well as for pure entertainment. pushkinpress.com/book/what-fe...
It’s UK publication day for House of Day, House of Night, by Olga Tokarczuk, published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social This „constellation novel” is set in the author’s home village in SW Poland. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/house-...
House of Day, House of Night | Fitzcarraldo Editions
A woman settles in a remote Polish village. It has few inhabitants, but it teems with the stories of its living and its dead. There’s the drunk Marek Marek, who discovers that he shares his body with ...
fitzcarraldoeditions.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It’s UK publication day for House of Day, House of Night, by Olga Tokarczuk, published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social This „constellation novel” is set in the author’s home village in SW Poland. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/house-...
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“The anthology’s constellation of animals, children, misfits and survivors reshapes the image of Poland for the English reader...”
Agnes Dudek interviews ALTA member Antonia Lloyd-Jones about her recent translation project, a collection of Polish short stories. At Culture Pi:
Agnes Dudek interviews ALTA member Antonia Lloyd-Jones about her recent translation project, a collection of Polish short stories. At Culture Pi:
From the Forgotten to the Famous: Antonia Lloyd-Jones on 'The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories'
'The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories', edited and translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, shatters clichés of Poland as only war and sorrow, unveiling a dazzling century of fiction alive with humour,…
culture.pl
September 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“The anthology’s constellation of animals, children, misfits and survivors reshapes the image of Poland for the English reader...”
Agnes Dudek interviews ALTA member Antonia Lloyd-Jones about her recent translation project, a collection of Polish short stories. At Culture Pi:
Agnes Dudek interviews ALTA member Antonia Lloyd-Jones about her recent translation project, a collection of Polish short stories. At Culture Pi:
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I reviewed House of Day, House of Night - Olga Tokarczuk’s mosaic of memory, myth and misfits translated by #AntoniaLloydJones & publ by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social - for @ftweekend.com - online now: www.ft.com/content/7886... via @ft
House of Day, House of Night — Olga Tokarczuk’s mosaic of memory, myth and misfits
The International Booker Prize winner’s vivid 1998 novel about her adopted Polish village gets its first full English translation
www.ft.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I reviewed House of Day, House of Night - Olga Tokarczuk’s mosaic of memory, myth and misfits translated by #AntoniaLloydJones & publ by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social - for @ftweekend.com - online now: www.ft.com/content/7886... via @ft
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As the Jewish telegram put it: "Start worrying. Details to follow."
My review of Mikołaj Łoziński's My Name is Stramer (tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones): the story of a Jewish family in Poland between the wars, with plenty of comedy and an increasing measure of darkness.
My review of Mikołaj Łoziński's My Name is Stramer (tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones): the story of a Jewish family in Poland between the wars, with plenty of comedy and an increasing measure of darkness.
‘Good, but not hopeless’ — a Jewish tragicomedy
In his wise and wry novel, My Name is Stramer, Mikolaj Lozinski imagines the lives of a Polish family during the turbulent first half of the 20th century
www.thetimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
As the Jewish telegram put it: "Start worrying. Details to follow."
My review of Mikołaj Łoziński's My Name is Stramer (tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones): the story of a Jewish family in Poland between the wars, with plenty of comedy and an increasing measure of darkness.
My review of Mikołaj Łoziński's My Name is Stramer (tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones): the story of a Jewish family in Poland between the wars, with plenty of comedy and an increasing measure of darkness.
A very positive first review in the Jewish Chronicle for My Name is Stramer, Mikołaj Łoziński’s fictionalised family story. www.thejc.com/life/my-name...
My Name is Stramer review: ‘One of the great east European novels of our time’ - The Jewish Chronicle
Mikołaj ŁoziNski’s fifth novel is a masterpiece of foreshadowing and, surely, a future Pushkin Press classic
www.thejc.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A very positive first review in the Jewish Chronicle for My Name is Stramer, Mikołaj Łoziński’s fictionalised family story. www.thejc.com/life/my-name...
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"Its thematic architecture gives newcomers a compass while leaving seasoned Poland‑watchers ample room to wander." Agnieszka Dale reviews Antonia Lloyd-Jones’s new anthology “The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/poland-as-a-state-of-mind/
August 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"Its thematic architecture gives newcomers a compass while leaving seasoned Poland‑watchers ample room to wander." Agnieszka Dale reviews Antonia Lloyd-Jones’s new anthology “The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/poland-as-a-state-of-mind/
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"Every interaction has the weight of a move in a multidimensional chess game... Elegantly translated by Kasia Beresford, “Inner Space” is by turns lyrical, claustrophobic and terrifying." @nytimes.com on Jakub Szamalek's novel
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...
Thrillers With Twists You Won’t See Coming
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Every interaction has the weight of a move in a multidimensional chess game... Elegantly translated by Kasia Beresford, “Inner Space” is by turns lyrical, claustrophobic and terrifying." @nytimes.com on Jakub Szamalek's novel
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...
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& @kasiabesfud.bsky.social she called your translation "elegant"! (And she doesn't even know how beautifully you recreated time to accommodate mother & child zooms from space...)
August 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
& @kasiabesfud.bsky.social she called your translation "elegant"! (And she doesn't even know how beautifully you recreated time to accommodate mother & child zooms from space...)
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Posting this in the spirit of early-bird-catches-the-worm: October is still a way off but please put this in your diaries as Oksana is a star ⭐ and it will be enlightening to read and talk with her
harriman.columbia.edu/event/women-...
harriman.columbia.edu/event/women-...
Women Writing War: A Joint Reading and Conversation
Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute for a discussion with Sasha Dugdale and Oksana Maksymchuk. Moderated by Mark Andryczyk.
harriman.columbia.edu
August 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Posting this in the spirit of early-bird-catches-the-worm: October is still a way off but please put this in your diaries as Oksana is a star ⭐ and it will be enlightening to read and talk with her
harriman.columbia.edu/event/women-...
harriman.columbia.edu/event/women-...
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Fed up with the exhausting process of finding the perfect publisher for your translation? At @wwborders.bsky.social, check out this tongue-in-cheek essay by translator from French Laura Vergnaud about the dos and don’ts of searching for a publisher: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
A Primer on Pitching Translations - Words Without Borders
Award-winning translator Lara Vergnaud offers a tongue-in-cheek guide for translators in search of a publisher.
wordswithoutborders.org
August 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Fed up with the exhausting process of finding the perfect publisher for your translation? At @wwborders.bsky.social, check out this tongue-in-cheek essay by translator from French Laura Vergnaud about the dos and don’ts of searching for a publisher: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
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In the Garden of Memory open.substack.com/pub/peterosn... Antonia Lloyd-Jones explains the book as only she can...
In the Garden of Memory
Part Two: The introduction by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
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August 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
In the Garden of Memory open.substack.com/pub/peterosn... Antonia Lloyd-Jones explains the book as only she can...
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‘It makes no sense for the perpetrators of genocide to be entrusted with the provision of aid to the people they are trying to kill.’
@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Selma Dabbagh | Bad Days and Worse Days
Last month, Gazans honoured their donkeys, dressing them up and walking them down a red carpet to celebrate the animals...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
‘It makes no sense for the perpetrators of genocide to be entrusted with the provision of aid to the people they are trying to kill.’
@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
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Tobias Carroll on the June titles in translation you won't want to miss, from Peru, Tanzania, Tibet, and more. Read the June Watchlist:
The Watchlist: June 2025 - Words Without Borders
Tobias Carroll on the June titles in translation you won't want to miss, from Peru, Tanzania, Tibet, and more.
wordswithoutborders.org
July 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Tobias Carroll on the June titles in translation you won't want to miss, from Peru, Tanzania, Tibet, and more. Read the June Watchlist:
Many thanks to James Hopkin for this fabulous first review of The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories. Free to read if you register. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-hopkin...
Is Poland Europe’s literary giant?
A new book of Polish short stories reveals the inventive mischievousness of the nation’s writers
www.thenewworld.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Many thanks to James Hopkin for this fabulous first review of The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories. Free to read if you register. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-hopkin...
It’s publication day for The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories. It took 39 authors 100 years to write, and me about 4 years to compile and translate, with the help of 11 other translators. It aims to show the variety and brilliance of modern Polish literature.
June 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It’s publication day for The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories. It took 39 authors 100 years to write, and me about 4 years to compile and translate, with the help of 11 other translators. It aims to show the variety and brilliance of modern Polish literature.
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Not ashamed to admit that @uilleamblacker.bsky.social’s @theatlantic.com essay on Andrey Kurkov’s Kyiv Mysteries, the third volume of which I am currently steeped in, moved me to tears. A rare privilege—for authors, translators, anyone—to be so well understood. www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
June 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Not ashamed to admit that @uilleamblacker.bsky.social’s @theatlantic.com essay on Andrey Kurkov’s Kyiv Mysteries, the third volume of which I am currently steeped in, moved me to tears. A rare privilege—for authors, translators, anyone—to be so well understood. www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
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Preach. (See Zoe's preceding tweet for an example.)
Solidarity, colleagues. Stand firm, for all our sakes.
Solidarity, colleagues. Stand firm, for all our sakes.
When we negotiate fair terms for ourselves, we negotiate fair terms for all translators. Be wary of work-for-hire, and of working with editors/authors/agents who don't believe translators are part of a book's success.
May 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Preach. (See Zoe's preceding tweet for an example.)
Solidarity, colleagues. Stand firm, for all our sakes.
Solidarity, colleagues. Stand firm, for all our sakes.
The Jerzy Peterkiewicz Educational Foundation has launched a new award for translators from Polish, who can win the guarantee of financial support for a book-length translation. Details in the press release and at libra.award.jpef.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Jerzy Peterkiewicz Educational Foundation has launched a new award for translators from Polish, who can win the guarantee of financial support for a book-length translation. Details in the press release and at libra.award.jpef.co.uk
Thrilled to have my forthcoming anthology of Polish short stories chosen by The Times for “Book Jacket of the Week”! It’s out on 5 June.
May 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Thrilled to have my forthcoming anthology of Polish short stories chosen by The Times for “Book Jacket of the Week”! It’s out on 5 June.