Excerpt
Mariusz Szczygieł is one of Europe’s most celebrated journalists. A reporter for
Gazeta Wyborcza, he is the author of a number of books of reportage about the Czech Republic and Poland. His books are published in sixteen countries and have been awarded the Europe Book Prize and the Prix Amphi, among other honors. From 1995–2001, he hosted the popular talk show
Na każdy temat (“On Any Topic”) on Polish television. Together with Wojciech Tochman and Paweł Goźliński, Szczygieł runs the Institute of Reportage in Warsaw. In 2013, he was named “Journalist of the Year” in Poland.
Antonia Lloyd-Jones is the pre-eminent translator of Polish reportage: the authors she has translated included Wojciech Tochman, Wojciech Jagielski, Jacek Hugo-Bader, and Witold Szabłowski. She has received the Found in Translation Award for translation from Polish twice, in 2008 and 2012.