Polish author Olga Tokarczuk (56) was awarded Man Booker International Prize 2018 which makes her first writer from Poland to win this prestigious English-language literary award.
She won a prize with English translation of her novel Flights.
It was first published in the Polish language in 2007 and was translated into English in 2017 by Jennifer Croft.
Her literally work has won several awards, both in her home country Poland and also abroad, including Poland’s most prestigious ‘Nike Literary Award’ twice.