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Translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Antonia Lloyd-Jones, a translator of Polish fiction, journalism, children's books, and poetry, has twice won the Found in Translation prize.
Tadeusz Dąbrowski is a poet, essayist, and critic. He is editor of the literary bimonthly Topos and the art director of the European Poet of Freedom Festival. His book Black Square has been translated into English. He has been published in many journals in Poland and abroad, including The New Yorker, Boston Review, Agni, Ploughshares, American Poetry Review, Tin House, Harvard Review, Little Star, Crazyhorse, The Common, and Poetry Daily. He lives in Gdańsk on the Baltic Coast of Poland.
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