LIDIJA DIMKOVSKA is a poet, novelist, essayist, and translator. She has published seven books of poetry, four novels, a short story collection and an American diary. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has earned her numerous literary awards, including the European Union Prize for Literature (2013). Her poetry in English translation includes Do Not Awaken Them With Hammers (translated by Ljubica Arsovska and Peggy Reid, Ugly Duckling Press, NY, USA, 2006); pH Neutral History (translation by Ljubica Arsovska and Peggy Reid, Copper Canyon Press, USA, 2012, shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award 2013 ) and What Is It Like? (translation by Ljubica Arsovska, Patricia Marsh and Peggy Reid, Wrecking Ball, Hull, the UK, 2021, One of World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2022). Grandma Non-Oui was shortlisted for the Macedonian Best Prose Book award and for the international literary award, Balkanika.