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Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk ([tɔˈkart͡ʂuk]; born 29 January 1962) is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual. She is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful authors of her generation in Poland.
Olga Tokarczuk, Polish writer who was known for her wry and complex novels, including Primeval and Other Times (1996) and Flights (2017). A best-selling author in Poland, Tokarczuk received worldwide attention when she won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature. Read more about her life and career.
Olga Tokarczuk is one of Poland's most celebrated and beloved authors, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Man Booker International Prize, as well as her country's highest literary honor, the Nike. She is the author of eight novels and two short story collections, and has been translated into more than thirty languages. ...more.
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Olga Tokarczuk is a Polish writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2019 for her narrative imagination that crosses boundaries. She is known for her historical novels, such as The Books of Jacob, and her interest in maps and perspectives.
Learn about the life and work of the Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2018. Read her autobiographical sketch, which explores her childhood, education, influences and creative process.
Join us from the Swedish Academy in Stockholm for the 2018 Nobel Lecture in Literature by Olga Tokarczuk.
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Mar 27, 2020 · Interview with the 2018 Nobel Laureate in Literature Olga Tokarczuk, 6 December 20190:00 - Your parents were both teachers. How did that influence you?1:35 -...
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