Jennifer Croft

Jennifer Croft
Croft in 2017
Born1981 or 1982 (age 42–43)[1]
Alma materUniversity of Tulsa (BA)
University of Iowa (MFA)
Northwestern University (PhD)
Occupations
  • Author
  • critic
  • translator

Jennifer Croft is an American author, critic and translator who translates works from Polish, Ukrainian and Argentine Spanish. With the author Olga Tokarczuk, she was awarded the 2018 Man Booker International Prize for her translation of Flights.[2] In 2020, she was awarded the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for her autofictional memoir Homesick.

  1. ^ Alter, Alexandra (2022-02-11). "Shining a Spotlight on the Art of Translation". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  2. ^ "Man Booker International Prize: Olga Tokarczuk is first Polish winner". BBC News. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.