Acclaimed since the 1970s for filtering personal and feminist themes though classical mythological, nature and religious imagery, she was also the US poet laureate in 2003

Panel hails 2022 Booker Prize finalist for 'innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable'; one of his country’s most-performed dramatists says he's 'overwhelmed'

Writer honored for work that illuminates murky corners of memory, family and society; she is 17th woman of 119 recipients of award

Writer says she doesn't like to get involved in politics, but notes that Poles share Ukraine's 'sense of danger that Russia presents to the free world'

Polish Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk and her novel 'The Books of Jacob,' which tells the story of 18th-century Jewish mystical cult leader Jacob Frank, also on prize longlist

‘The Books of Jacob,’ now available in English, has fueled debate on how Poles see their country's Jewish past amid growing academic interest

UK-based writer is hailed for his 'uncompromising writings on the 'effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee'; is only 6th Africa-born writer to win the award

Among the contenders given best odds of winning are Lyudmila Ulitskaya; Israeli author David Grossman also spoken of in run-up to award announcement

Writer recognized for her 'unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal,' Swedish Academy says in announcing honor

Olga Tokarczuk's tome 'The Books of Jacob' hailed by the Swedish Academy as her 'magnum opus'; this year's prize for literature is won by Austria's Peter Handke