Olga Tokarczuk

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

Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Tokarczuk, 2018
Born	(1962-01-29) 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)

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]