Polish City Declares Free Public Transport for Those Reading Nobel Laureate Olga Tokarczuk
The dreadlock-sporting vegetarian and leftist, who does not shy away from criticising Poland's governing conservatives, said in June that Wroclaw is 'one of the most beautiful and important cities of Europe.'
Warsaw, October 12: Public transport will be free through the weekend for anyone carrying a book by Poland's newly minted Nobel literature laureate Olga Tokarczuk in her western city of Wroclaw, local officials said Friday. Luxembourg Becomes First Country to Make All Public Transport Free.
"As soon as we heard the news Thursday that Olga Tokarczuk won the Nobel, we wanted to share our joy with all the residents of our city which recently made the writer an honorary citizen," city hall spokesman Przemyslaw Galecki told AFP.
"Through Sunday, every passenger carrying a book or e-book by Olga Tokarczuk can ride public transit free in our city" of 650,000 people.
Tokarczuk, 57, splits her time between Wroclaw and the western village of Krajanow on the border with the Czech Republic.
The dreadlock-sporting vegetarian and leftist, who does not shy away from criticising Poland's governing conservatives, said in June that Wroclaw is "one of the most beautiful and important cities of Europe." France Tourism May Get Affected During Christmas 2018 Holiday Season Due to the Ongoing Yellow Vest Protests; Eiffel Tower and Museums in Paris to Remain Closed.
Tokarczuk on Thursday won the 2018 Nobel literature prize, which had been delayed by one year over a sexual harassment scandal, "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopaedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life," the Swedish Academy said Thursday.
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