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Olga Tokarczuk
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Olga Tokarczuk

Creator · born January 29, 1962

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Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual.

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  1. ~56Received the Nobel Prize in Literature2018
  2. ~56Received the International Booker Prize2018

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