In London, an English translation of the novel "Flights" by Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, has been named as the WINNER of the prestigious Man Booker International Prize. Translated by Jennifer Croft, the novel interweaves narratives of travel with explorations of the human body. Qi Jie has more.

"It's 'Flights' by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft."

Tokarczuk is the author of eight novels and two short-story collections while Croft is an accomplished translator of Polish, Spanish and Ukrainian.

OLGA TOKARCZUK WRITER "And I would like to also mention that I am the very first winner of this International Man Booker Prize as a Pole, with the Polish language, which I'm very proud. But I also would like to say I don't believe in national literatures. I really do believe that literature is like a live being, creature which pop-up in one language and then into another through another language. So, this is another miracle - literature."

The novel has won the prize of £50,000 or about US$67,000 after coming top of a shortlist of six titles. The money will be split between the author and translator. QIJIE, CGTN.