MAŁGORZATA (MARGO) REJMER

Poland

Novelist, journalist and writer of short stories. Margo’s non-fiction Bucharest: Dust and Blood, won Newsweek’s best book of 2013 and the Gryfia Literary Award. In 2018 she was awarded the Polityka Passport for Mud Sweeter than Honey – the most prestigious prize in Poland for emerging artists. Her fiction includes the novel Toximia and a collection of short stories, The Weight of Skin, of which the title story has been translated for inclusion in the forthcoming Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories. Margo’s books have been widely translated. She lives in Warsaw and Tirana.
FEATURED BOOK: Mud Sweeter than Honey. Maclehose, 2021, co-translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and Zosia Krasodomska-Jones. Gripping reportage of Albania under communism, told through personal accounts of those whose lives were blighted and crushed by ruthless dictator Enver Hoxha.