Olga Tokarczuk has already won the Nike Literary Award twice and the International Booker Prize for her novel Flights
[Bieguni] translated into English by Jennifer Croft in 2018.
Born in Sulechów, she is a psychologist by education. Today she is one of the most famous female prose writers. Her debut novel The Journey of the Book-People [Podróż ludzi księgi] was published in 1993 and followed by E.E. Her third novel Primeval and Other Times [Prawiek i inne czasy] brought her huge recognition and success (she won the Polityka Passport award for it).
Wrocław welcomes Olga
Thousands of readers and fans were waiting for the writer who had won the Noble Prize for the year 2018 both in the National Forum of Music and in front of the outdoor screen at Plac Wolności.
