| Olga Tokarczuk donates an official replica of Nobel Medal to our charity |
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Nobel Laureate donates first official replica of the medal
Olga Tokarczuk visited with Jurek Owsiak to donate the first official replica of her Nobel Prize Medal to our charity. The beautifully crafted official gold-plated replica of the Nobel Prize in Literature will be auctioned off in aid of the medical objective of the Grand Finale fundraiser.
The Medal, which is identical to the solid-gold medal awarded to the novelist at a ceremony in Stockholm, has already attracted plenty of attention.
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| Jurek Owsiak and Olga Tokarczuk. Photo by Łukasz Widziszowski |
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Nobel Prize in Literature for Olga Tokarczuk
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 was awarded to the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life."
Tokarczuk's striking, imaginative and meticulously researched prose received numerous accolades in Poland and abroad. The writer won a Man Booker International Prize for her novel Flights in 2018. Agnieszka Holland's Spoor, a film based on Tokarczuk's book Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, won a Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2017.
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| The official replica is identical to the original medal awarded to Tokarczuk in Stockholm this year. Photo by Łukasz Widziszowski |
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Precious gold-plated replicas
Tokarczuk received her Nobel Prize Medal in Stockholm on December 15th. Each Nobel Prize Laureate is permitted to request up to three official replicas of the medal, which are all crafted by the same masters working for the Nobel Foundation. The replicas can be donated to universities, museums and other organizations by the Laureates.
The medal donated by Olga Tokarczuk will be auctioned off in aid of the medical objective of the Grand Finale fundraiser 2020 - to help finance the purchase of medical equipment for children's surgery and treatment.
Charitable auctions are a popular method of supporting the objective of the charity - everyone can list of bid for unique, unforgettable and precious lots.
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| Jurek Owsiak and Olga Tokarczuk. Photo by Łukasz Widziszowski |
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The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity Foundation (WOŚP) is the biggest and best-known charitable organization in Poland. The aim of the charity is purchase of sophisticated medical equipment for public hospitals in Poland.
Established in 1993, the charity has since raised over EUR 250 000 000 (over PLN 1 100 000 000).
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