Olga Tokarczuk

Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Tokarczuk
	Olga Tokarczuk, 2018
Born	29 January 1962 (age 63); 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)

Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk^[1] ([tɔˈkart͡ʂuk]; born 29 January 1962) is a Polish writer and activist.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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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]

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