Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Olga Tokarczuk
Table of Contents
References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Olga Tokarczuk
Read Next
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Britannica's Book Bingo. Take our reading challenge! Books range form greatest, banned, and counterculture.
Britannica’s Book Bingo
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.
10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles
Girl Reading On Turquoise Couch
9 American Countercultural Books
Discover
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.
Where Is “Old Zealand”?
Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,
Which Religion Is the Oldest?
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?
July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.
Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Olga Tokarczuk: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Olga-Tokarczuk
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born January 29, 1962 (age 63) • Poland
Awards And Honors Man Booker International Prize (2018) • Nobel Prize (2018)
Notable Works “Czuły narrator” • “Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead” • “Flights” • “Gra na wielu bębenkach” • “House of Day, House of Night” • “Ksiegi Jakobowe” • “Opowiadania bizarne” • “Podróż ludzi księgi” • “Primeval and Other Times” • ““The Empusium”

Photos

Olga Tokarczuk
See All Images →
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer
American author
Kazimierz Pochwalski: Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Polish writer
Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz
Polish-American author, translator, critic, and diplomat
Reymont, Władysław Stanisław
Władysław Stanisław Reymont
Polish author
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Italian author
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French author
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
French author
Imre Kertész
Hungarian writer
Doris Lessing
British writer
Herta Müller, 2009.
Herta Müller
Romanian-born German writer
Carl Spitteler
Swiss poet
Alice Munro
Alice Munro
Canadian author
Maria Dąbrowska
Polish author and critic
Ferdynand Goetel
Polish author
Annie Ernaux
Annie Ernaux
French author
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
American author
Samuel Beckett, 1965
Samuel Beckett
Irish author
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann
German author
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
British writer
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
American author