Cały ten zgiełk. O wczesnych reakcjach na uhonorowanie Olgi Tokarczuk Literacką Nagrodą Nobla

Dariusz Nowacki

doi:10.31261/PS_P.2020.25.07

Published: 2020-07-21

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2020)

All that jazz. Early reactions to the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Olga Tokarczuk

Dariusz Nowacki

Section: Reception

https://doi.org/10.31261/PS_P.2020.25.07

Abstract

The paper discusses selected reactions to the Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to Olga Tokarczuk. The author focuses on the dispute about the legitimacy and justification of the Swedish Academy’s decision, highlighting the sceptical opinions, in some cases challenging the Academy’s members’ verdict. Referring to a book by James F. English on cultural prizes, the author recalls the role of public controversies as an essential tool of influencing the general public. He also compares the situation of two winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature (Olga Tokarczuk – for 2018, Peter Handke – for 2019), announced on the same day. Concluding, the author seeks to present the most important aspects of the dispute on the position and influence of Tokarczuk’s literary output.

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Olga Tokarczuk , Nobel Prize in Literature , comments

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Nowacki, D. (2020). All that jazz. Early reactions to the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Olga Tokarczuk. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 25(1), 91–110. https://doi.org/10.31261/PS_P.2020.25.07

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Dariusz Nowacki

dariusz.nowacki@us.edu.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8274-8845

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Instytut Literaturoznawstwa, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Katowice, Polska. Poland

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Badacz literatury, prof. Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach, a także krytyk literacki. Zajmuje się głównie współczesną prozą polską, kulturą literacką doby ponowoczesnej i estetycznymi przeobrażeniami sfery kulturowo-politycznej. W ostatnich latach opublikował zbiory szkiców o prozie Ukosem (Katowice 2013) oraz Kobiety do czytania (Katowice 2019).

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2020)
Published: 2020-07-30

ISSN: 1898-1593

eISSN: 2353-9844

10.31261/PS_P

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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All that jazz. Early reactions to the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Olga Tokarczuk

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