ZB member Elwira Grossman has shared the news that on 30th June Antonia Lloyd-Jones has been awarded an Honorary Degree from the University of Glasgow, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to literary translation and intercultural exchange.
Antonia Lloyd-Jones is a well-known translator of Polish literature into English. Among the works she has translated which we’ve read at Zielony Balonik – fiction, non-fiction and poetry – are Swallowing Mercury by Wioletta Greg, Inhuman Land: Searching for the Truth in Soviet Russia, 1941-1942 by Jozef Czapski, and poems by Jacek Dehnel in the anthology Six Polish poets.
She also edited The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories.
The University of Glasgow has posted here about the Honorary Doctorate, and the award ceremony at which Elwira delivered the oration.