Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Tokarczuk (b. 1962) — Poland, writing in Polish. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2018.
“for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life” — The Nobel Committee citation
About Olga Tokarczuk
Polish novelist trained in psychology, known for fragmentary books that cross borders of genre, nation and time. She sees human beings as creatures continually moving, changing shape and telling themselves through bodies, maps, myth and forgotten histories.