Author
Olga Tokarczuk
b. January 29, 1962 · Poland
Novelist, Writer, Psychologist, Poet, Librettist, Publisher, Donor, Screenwriter, Essayist
Titles on list
1
Total weeks
1
Peak rank
#10
Biography
- Born
- January 29, 1962 · Sulechów
- Nationality
- Poland
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- Polish
- Education
- Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw
Awards & Honours
- 1996Paszport Polityki
- 1997Kościelski Award
- 2008Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize
- 2008Nike Award
- 2009Śląski Wawrzyn Literacki
- 2010Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
- 2012Usedom Literature Prize
- 2013Vilenica Prize
- 2015Brückepreis
- 2015Nike Award
- 2016Kulturhuset Stadsteatern
- 2018International Booker Prize
- 2018Nobel Prize in Literature
- 2018Jan Michalski Prize
- 2018Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
- 2019honorary citizen of Wrocław
- 2019Prix Laure Bataillon
- 2019EBRD Literature Prize
- 2019Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
- 2019Ambassador of the correct Polish language
- 2020honorary citizen of Warsaw
- 2020Paszport Polityki
- 2020honorary citizen of Lower Silesia
- 2024Golden Medal for Merit to Culture
- 2025honorary doctorate from Sorbonne University
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