Olga Tokarczuk: The Art of Writing

Lesung I internationales literaturfestival berlin

The Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, who was a guest of the ilb in 2001 and 2010, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2019 [for 2018]. To date, she has published nine novels and three narrative volumes that have been translated into 37 languages and have received many awards. Most recently, she published »The Books of Jacob«, a story about the historical figure Jacob Frank. [Die Zeit] praised her book as »a brilliant literary-philosophical work«. In her talk, Olga Tokarczuk will provide insight into her literary worlds.

The event is held in Polish and will be interpreted consecutively.

Literatures of the World
Host Olga Mannheimer
Price 18 Euro / ermäßigt 15

This event will be streamed live to our website www.literaturfestival.com