Jarek Garlinski

About The Author

Translator Jarek Garlinski was born in London, England, and grew up bilingual in English and Polish. His father was noted historian and author Jozef Garlinski, a former prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau. His mother Eileen Short-Garlinska was one of only a few Britons who spent World War II in Warsaw. Both parents served in the Polish Underground Army during the war.

Educated at the University of Nottingham, the University of Grenoble, and the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London, Garlinski is fluent in English, French, Polish and Russian, with a distinguished career in education.

Garlinski is a member of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America and has been decorated by the Polish Ministry of Defense and the Knights of Malta for services to Polish culture.

He has translated numerous books of Polish literature and history, specializing in the World War II era.

Books by Jarek Garlinski

The Auschwitz Volunteer

Beyond Bravery

By Captain Witold Pilecki

Foreword by Michael Schudrich / Introduction by Norman Davies / Translated by Jarek Garlinski

WINNER of the PROSE AWARD for Biography & Autobiograpy from the Association of American Publishers

WINNER of the Benjamin Franklin SILVER AWARD for Autobiography/Memoir from the Independent Book Publishers Association

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303 Squadron

The Legendary Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron

By Arkady Fiedler

Translated by Jarek Garlinski

The summer of 1940 and the Battle of Britain—the darkestdays of World War II. France, Poland, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands,Luxembourg and Norway had all been crushed by the powerful Nazi German warmachine. Great Britain stood alone, fighting for its life.303 Squadron is the thrilling storyof...