Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk[1] ([tɔˈkart͡ʂuk]; born 29 January 1962) is a Polish writer and activist.[2][3][4]
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| Born | 29 January 1962 Sulechów, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, essayist, poet, screenwriter, psychologist |
| Notable work | Flights The Books of Jacob Primeval and Other Times |
| Awards | Nike Award (2008, 2015) Vilenica Prize (2013) Brückepreis (2015) The Man Booker International Prize (2018) Jan Michalski Prize for Literature (2018) Nobel Prize in Literature (2018) Prix Laure Bataillon (2019) |
In 2018, she won the Man Booker International Prize for her novel Flights, becoming the first Polish writer to do so.[5] She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the year 2018 (awarded in 2019).[6][7]
References
- "STOWARZYSZENIE KULTURALNE "GÓRY BABEL" | Rejestr.io". rejestr.io. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- "HNonline.sk - Nobelove ceny za literatúru sú známe: Laureátom za rok 2018 je Olga Tokarczuková, za rok 2019 Peter Handke". 10 October 2019.
- Rzeczpospolita. "List of Polish bestsellers 2009". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- Gazeta Wyborcza. "Tokarczuk wins NIKE prize for Bieguni (Flights)". Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- "Olga Tokarczuk's 'extraordinary' Flights wins Man Booker International prize". The Guardian. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- "Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke win Nobel prizes in literature". The Guardian. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- "Nobelove ceny za literatúru získali Olga Tokarczuková a Peter Handke". Pravda (in Slovak). 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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