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Olga Tokarczuk


Poland (b.1962)

Olga Tokarczuk was born in 1962 in Sulechów near Zielona Góra, Poland. A recipient of all of Poland's top literary awards, she is one of the most critically acclaimed authors of her generation. After finishing her psychology degree at the University of Warsaw, she initially practiced as a therapist and often cites C.G. Jung as an inspiration for her work, in which mythmaking has become a hallmark.
 

Genres: Children's Fiction, Literary Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
August 2024

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Mr. Distinctive
 
September 2024

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The Empusium
 
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Olga Tokarczuk recommends
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The Extinction of Irena Rey (2024)
Jennifer Croft
"Croft writes with an extraordinary intensity."
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Time Shelter (2022)
Georgi Gospodinov
"The most exquisite kind of literature... I've put it on a special shelf in my library that I reserve for books that can never be fully exhausted - books that demand to be revisited every now and then."
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I'd Like to Say Sorry, But There's No One to Say Sorry to (2022)
Mikolaj Grynberg
"These small, searing prose pieces are moving and unsettling at the same time. If the diagnosis they present is right, then we have a great problem in Poland."

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Anthologies containing stories by Olga Tokarczuk
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The Best Short Stories 2022 (2022)
(O. Henry Prize Stories)
edited by
Valeria Luiselli
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Best European Fiction 2011 (2010)
(Best European Fiction)
edited by
Aleksandar Hemon

Awards
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Novel nominee (2004) : House of Day, House of Night
International Booker Prize Best Book winner (2018) : Flights
International Booker Prize Best Book nominee (2019) : Drive your Plough over the Bones of the Dead


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