Olga Tokarczuk is 64 years old as of October 2026. She was born on 29 January 1962.
Nobel Prize-winning Polish author known for The Books of Jacob
Did you know?Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a psychologist and practised as a therapist at an addiction clinic.
Quick facts
Date of birth29 January 1962
Age64
NationalityPolish
BirthplaceSulechów, Poland
Occupationnovelist, writer, psychologist
Editor's Take:
Olga Tokarczuk writes novels that wander across borders, centuries and forms. Flights is built from fragments about travel and the human body. The Books of Jacob tells the story of an eighteenth-century messiah through hundreds of voices. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a quirky murder story about animals and outsiders. She has criticised Polish nationalism and been fiercely attacked for it. Her Nobel Prize, awarded in 2019 for the year 2018, confirmed her global standing.
Key Milestones
1993: Publishes her first novel
1996: Publishes Primeval and Other Times
2014: Publishes The Books of Jacob
2018: Wins the International Booker Prize
Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk (born 29 January 1962) is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual. Tokarczuk is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful Polish authors of her generation.
Olga Tokarczuk's birthday is January 29. She was born on January 29, 1962 in Sulechów, Poland.
How old is Olga Tokarczuk?
Olga Tokarczuk is 64 years old, and turns 65 on her next birthday, January 29.
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