Olga Tokarczuk

Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual. She is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful authors of her generation in Poland. In 2019,... Wikipedia

• Born:  Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk, January 29, 1962, Sulechów, Poland
• Age:  62 years
• Occupation:  Writer, psychologist, screenwriter
• Language:  Polish
• Education:  University of Warsaw (MA)
• Period:  Contemporary
• Genres:  Novel, travelogue, essay, poetry
• Literary movement:  Magic realism
• Notable works:  Primeval and Other Times (1996), Flights (2007), Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (2009), The Books of Jacob (2014)
• Notable awards:  Nike Award (2008, 2015), Vilenica Prize (2013), Brückepreis (2015), The Man Booker International Prize (2018), Jan Michalski Prize (2018), Nobel Prize in Literature (2018), Prix Laure Bataillon (2019)
• Years active:  1989–present
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo