Polish city declares free transport for readers of Nobel laureate

Public transport will be free through weekend for anyone carrying a book by Poland's newly minted bel literature laureate Olga Tokarczuk in her western city of Wroclaw, local officials said Friday. While talking to a local media outlet, city hall spokesman Przemyslaw Galecki stated that "As soon as we heard  news Thursday that Olga Tokarczuk won bel, we wanted to share our joy with all residents of our city which recently me writer an horary citizen".

Free transport for reers of bel laureate

"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 western vill of Krajaw on border with Czech Republic.

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"One of most beautiful and important cities in Europe"

drelock-sporting vegetarian and leftist, who does t shy away from criticizing Poland's governing conservatives, said in June that Wroclaw is "one of most beautiful and important cities of Europe." Tokarczuk on Thursday won 2018 bel literature prize, which h been delayed by one year over a sexual harassment scandal, "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents crossing of boundaries as a form of life," Swedish Acemy said Thursday.

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