a transcription of this speech into English can be read here www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/tokarczuk/lecture/ it is a pity that the academy did not add English subtitles to the recording
I can only say it was beautiful, especially the part when she talked about her Mother and motherhood. Hope English or Swedish translations are ok for you.
I know many people asked before, but please, please add English subtitles. The speech is one of the things that just have to be shared with everyone, and nowadays a youtube video with subtitles is one of the best mediums for that.
"And that even if I were to say, “I’m lost,” then I’d still be starting out with the words “I am”-the most important and the strangest set of words in the world."👏👏
Dear friends from the Swedish Academy, it would be much better if you added subtitles in a handful of languages to the videos and enabled that option. Although we can download the speech in English, Swedish or Polish on your website (not in French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, etc.), it's quite impractical to do so since it's not really possible to watch the video and read a pdf. And what's the sense of having a video on the world wide web if all the world or most of the world cannot understand it? Please, consider doing this.
Sometimes the Literature Laureates stick to the speeches they've submitted ahead of time - and sometimes not. That's why we don't pursue live subtitles. English subtitles for the two lectures this year are something we're considering producing later on, though. Thanks for watching!
I am still to discover how I feel about her as a person but, without any doubt, this is some of the most beautiful forms of the Polish language I have encountered in decades.
This is rather a philosophical and political text. I would not say it's beautiful or not beautiful. Its content is understood the same in every language.
I read "Flights" (although it does not fully capture the original title "Bieguni") before the Nobel was awarded. In some parts, it touches the highest levels of literature I've experienced in my life.
A bit surprising that the Polish authorities still haven't prepared the international subtitles to one of the most inspiring and accomplished Nobel Prize talks ever.
Very short abstract Tokarczuk said: "The world is dying and we don't even notice it. We do not notice that the world is becoming a collection of things and events, a dead space, lonely and lost in motion, thrown at someone used, enslaved by incomprehensible fate, sense of life. We live like a zombie in a fragmented world. We have lost the ability to see between events. We don't know why, but we feel something is wrong with the world. We need literature that can tell stories to show the world as a great network of interconnectedness. Then we will understand the world and ourselves. Then those who will come after us will understand us." And one of my favorite part: "Have you ever wondered who this wonderful story-teller is who in the Bible cries out with a loud voice: "In the beginning was the word"? Who describes the creation of the world, its first day when chaos was separated from order? Which one follows the cosmic series? Who knows the thoughts of God, knows his doubts and without shaking his hand puts on the paper this extraordinary sentence: "And God recognized that it was good." Who is the one who knows what God thought? Except for all theological doubts, we can find this figure of the mysterious and sensitive narrator wonderful."
Funny thing, she did something similar, there is a book by her called "Lalka i Perła" which is something like we had in polish classes - a long debate on very important and classic novel "Lalka" (we have "Lalka" mandatory in school so reading her book and thoughts on it was like revisiting my high school
Listening to the lecture while following along the transcript took much scrubbing and many retries, but was an interesting experience and very rewarding. Subtitles would be nice, but I'm grateful for the transcript. What power!
@@katjanuchta8539 Nation creates author's view and mind. It's because of reality (s)he lives in, and language that carries specific character and views inside it. Also - that creates ideas that are written. You can criticise or hate anything in the world, but if you're true to yourself, the most competent criticism can be done only on your own ground (country, ideas inside it). Same goes for advantages, things you love and feel you belong to. I hope I explained it well.
@@tom_stephen I disagree with you big time, nation does not creates the view, if you read any of her books you will see that they are based on social and historical unreality, based on Marxist theory. She is also hardened feminist :(, and for that reason i do not like her "pen", and for this two reasons she got NP, which is very biased for many years especially in the field of literature and social justice.
Incredible speach! Adding subtitles gives a chance to experience the lecture in a way that transcript can't give, I think it is a respectful necessity.
@Nobel Prize Can you please add English subtitles to this video? It's of utmost importance for people worldwide to be able to understand what she has to say. It's all extremely relevant.
We hope to add a timed subtitle soon, but in the meantime you can read a transcript of her lecture here: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/tokarczuk/lecture/ Thanks for watching!
This is incredible and wise woman. Writer filled with deep understanding and sympathy for human and our world. I don't believe that we are going to change and save ourselves on this planet, but if it is possible then only through people like her, through humanistic ideas and thinking .
Opowieści Pani Olgi to gotowe scenariusze filmowe, lub materiał na sztuki teatralne. Ot, choćby przekorne 'Transfugium', czy wspaniała Góra Świętych. Ta ostatnia niemal na pewno JEST tam, gdzieś, w tych szwajcarskich Alpach! Ciekawe, jak zadziałają na deskach teatru choćby 'Wizyta', czy 'Przetwory'? O 'Uczcie' kapitana Eryka już nie wspomnę. Nasz krajanin (?) Eryk rezyduje i pracuje gdzieś w Skandynawii (w Danii, a może w Norwegii). Przypomina trochę Conradowego kapitana Falka (Duńczyka, a może Norwega) z holownika w Bangkoku. Swoją drogą ciekawe, cóż on teraz porabia?? Bo oczywiście jest postacią rzeczywistą; z 'pudła' po wybryku z promem zapewne już wyszedł??
Sad that I have to read a transcript and not having it synced live with her speech. Guess I have to line the Polish and Swedish documents side by side and sort of guess my best at where she is. I want her body language and tone along with what she's actually saying.
Beautiful piece of literature. However, the English translation was less than stellar. I wonder where the editor for that translation was when reviewing the English translator's version. I heard that the translator OlgaTokarczuk wanted was unavailable at the time.
Please do this with GOOD english and german subtitels or Speaker over this - and then.. ..give this BIG into the world.. ..for THE Peace.. ..more of this in the world.. ..it´s minimum, what YOU can and have to... do...
We know subtitles would be preferable, but short of that you can read a transcript of her lecture here: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/tokarczuk/lecture/ Thanks for watching!
Bravo. After this speech I feel purified like after antique tragedy. Thank you Olga for this extremely deep katharsis. I wasn't sure if it's still working in this chaotic and noisy world, but this speech.... It was breathtaking and totally life-changing. Thank you.
Im proud to be Polish too, but not because of her ; her books they are based on social and historical unreality, based on Marxist theory. She is also hardened feminist :(
One comment states "Polish is beautiful, even I can't understand it." This opinion is extremely kind to the Author of the lecture and Poles. I suppose, however, that the commentator could write something more if he understood what Mrs. Tokarczuk is talking about. Hebrew is also a beautiful language, but so few can appreciate its beauty ... It is a pity that no money was found to finance for the cabin translation of the lecture into English.
A message from a parallel universe: Words are the strongest artifacts in here. We create, we breathe and we live by them. Please use your time. Leave a words to the next generations and believe that they can bild a hope and wonders even in the darkest abys of human soul. End of the message.
Actually she is a great writer - try to read something, sometimes, just try to read good books maybe? Her speech is also primarily a peace of a good literature, an incredible essay. And there were not any politics in it - by the way. Just a philosophy, a vision of reality, an interweaving of micro and macro, in and out, change and infiltration, which she shows with a great talent in her very interesting novels. She also speaks about new forms in literature.
Bravo Olga, superb speech! Brave and honest, deeply insightful, moving and carrying, Olga fully took advantage of the moment, uncompromising in the purity of expressed care for the world and all beings. BIG THANK YOU!
@@slawomirlech950 and so what if she was Ukrainian? Is there shame in that? So tired of people like you hating on her, luckily most Poles with your views can't write nor speak English. I have noticed that her biggest critics never read her books, don't like her views bcs she's not a Christian fascist, she's a vegetarian and is a big enough person to admit that like most nations in the world Poland had its good and bad moments in history, which does not make her anti Polish it simply makes her honest.
So proud to be Polish at this moment, great great congratulations to mrs. Tokarczuk for such achivment 😍 But also so sad that national news in Poland didn't even mention one word about this lecture. That's how persona non grata in Polish politics is treated... Shame on You politicians...
You are absolutely right Mr.Maks that national news in Poland did not mention about this lecture. I am also so proud and such happy for Mrs,,Olga for a great achievement . Thank you for a very truthful comment.
@@szunabrina I know the meaning and I thiught more about the latin translation meaning than about official term of consulat politician unwanted in country ;)
@@rudkazydel1060 Of course she is. She may have Ukrainian roots, like many of the Poles, descendants of the multi-national Great Republik - Rzeczpospolita. She was born in Poland, speaks Polish, writes in Polish, feels Polish, so she is Polish, like Matejko, Chopin, Wieniawski, Lem, Elsner, etc.
Until we can secure a definitive and complete translation of her speech as delivered, we'll have to rely on the transcript. The transcript appears in a booklet provided to all attendees of the lecture. It's definitely an important part of the historical record for this Prize. Thanks for taking the time to write, and thanks for watching!
It's weird listening to this when you're Czech and can understand it sort of, but not entirely.
It's also weird listening to some Czech stuff when you're polish :D
Haha... it's always a case with Polish-Czech isn't it?
Polish is beautiful, even I can't understand it.
So why u listening this? For the voice ?
Polish has a specific melody. Maybe that's why :)
So nice to read it! Best greeting from Poland :)
a transcription of this speech into English can be read here www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/tokarczuk/lecture/
it is a pity that the academy did not add English subtitles to the recording
I,m Polish and i love this lanquage but i love english and german too
This moment when you are German and Polish and can just enjoy the speeches
I can only say it was beautiful, especially the part when she talked about her Mother and motherhood. Hope English or Swedish translations are ok for you.
U born in german?
Carolina are you German or a Pole? This is not the same😅
Same here!
Frank B she can be half-german half-polish, you know that right?
I know many people asked before, but please, please add English subtitles. The speech is one of the things that just have to be shared with everyone, and nowadays a youtube video with subtitles is one of the best mediums for that.
"And that even if I were to say, “I’m lost,” then I’d still be starting out with the words “I am”-the most important and the strangest set of words in the world."👏👏
it's sad that there is no translation of her lecture. She speaks with beautiful pictorial Polish.
You can read a transcript of her lecture here: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/tokarczuk/lecture/ Thanks for watching!
@@NobelPrize wow that is really pathetic... nobel should know better.
Dear friends from the Swedish Academy, it would be much better if you added subtitles in a handful of languages to the videos and enabled that option. Although we can download the speech in English, Swedish or Polish on your website (not in French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, etc.), it's quite impractical to do so since it's not really possible to watch the video and read a pdf. And what's the sense of having a video on the world wide web if all the world or most of the world cannot understand it? Please, consider doing this.
Sometimes the Literature Laureates stick to the speeches they've submitted ahead of time - and sometimes not. That's why we don't pursue live subtitles. English subtitles for the two lectures this year are something we're considering producing later on, though. Thanks for watching!
@@NobelPrize, that's what I meant, actually, post lecture subtitles, not live. Thanks for the prompt reply.
Greetings from Canada and congratulations for my country woman. I come from Zielona Gora, only 18 KM away from your town, Olga Tokarczuk.
Maria Jordan zup, i'm also from Zielona Góra :D
I am from city that is near nowa sol and zielona gora
I am still to discover how I feel about her as a person but, without any doubt, this is some of the most beautiful forms of the Polish language I have encountered in decades.
This is rather a philosophical and political text. I would not say it's beautiful or not beautiful. Its content is understood the same in every language.
I just read the transcript. But, please include the subtitle with this video for readers like me...would listen/feel it intensely.
where did you find a translation???? can you post link to English, please???
@@MagdusiaPoProstu
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/tokarczuk/lecture/
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/tokarczuk/104871-lecture-english/
people look like they are surprised that she reads a book to them for over an hour.
seems like they forgot she is a writer
I read "Flights" (although it does not fully capture the original title "Bieguni") before the Nobel was awarded. In some parts, it touches the highest levels of literature I've experienced in my life.
A bit surprising that the Polish authorities still haven't prepared the international subtitles to one of the most inspiring and accomplished Nobel Prize talks ever.
Very short abstract Tokarczuk said:
"The world is dying and we don't even notice it. We do not notice that the world is becoming a collection of things and events, a dead space, lonely and lost in motion, thrown at someone used, enslaved by incomprehensible fate, sense of life.
We live like a zombie in a fragmented world. We have lost the ability to see between events. We don't know why, but we feel something is wrong with the world. We need literature that can tell stories to show the world as a great network of interconnectedness. Then we will understand the world and ourselves. Then those who will come after us will understand us."
And one of my favorite part:
"Have you ever wondered who this wonderful story-teller is who in the Bible cries out with a loud voice: "In the beginning was the word"? Who describes the creation of the world, its first day when chaos was separated from order? Which one follows the cosmic series? Who knows the thoughts of God, knows his doubts and without shaking his hand puts on the paper this extraordinary sentence: "And God recognized that it was good."
Who is the one who knows what God thought?
Except for all theological doubts, we can find this figure of the mysterious and sensitive narrator wonderful."
*when you have homework at polish but you found this comment*
Piekna mowa,naszej noblistki
Hi I would happily do translation, or just paste in one already existing. However there is no option to do so. Please, change that.
Sienkiewicz, Reymont, Miłosz, Szymborska and now Tokarczuk. 🙂
Marie Curie-Skłodowska
....your comperesing are so brutal....did you read any books of this autors?
Isaac Bashevis Singer
It seems to be an outstanding speech; sadly not understandable for most.
polish itself sounds poetic though.
Please add subtitles, we hate to miss out on such beautiful narrations !!!
Subtitles are essential for this important speech. Thank You Olga for Your insight , intellect and kindness..
She should release this speech as a book ❤
YES
Funny thing, she did something similar, there is a book by her called "Lalka i Perła" which is something like we had in polish classes - a long debate on very important and classic novel "Lalka" (we have "Lalka" mandatory in school so reading her book and thoughts on it was like revisiting my high school
Listening to the lecture while following along the transcript took much scrubbing and many retries, but was an interesting experience and very rewarding. Subtitles would be nice, but I'm grateful for the transcript. What power!
This speech is a sage's treaty
We are still waiting for subtitles.
MrBlueDeer Not We, You.
I'm so proud of my country! Poland❤️
What's the reason of your pride? It's the author's Nobel Prize, not Polish. It's a coincidence she's Polish.
@@katjanuchta8539 She grew on polish culture thats the reason to be proud
@@katjanuchta8539 Nation creates author's view and mind. It's because of reality (s)he lives in, and language that carries specific character and views inside it.
Also - that creates ideas that are written. You can criticise or hate anything in the world, but if you're true to yourself, the most competent criticism can be done only on your own ground (country, ideas inside it). Same goes for advantages, things you love and feel you belong to.
I hope I explained it well.
K. Januchta unfortunately I agree with you 😞
@@tom_stephen I disagree with you big time, nation does not creates the view, if you read any of her books you will see that they are based on social and historical unreality, based on Marxist theory. She is also hardened feminist :(, and for that reason i do not like her "pen", and for this two reasons she got NP, which is very biased for many years especially in the field of literature and social justice.
Incredible speach! Adding subtitles gives a chance to experience the lecture in a way that transcript can't give, I think it is a respectful necessity.
@Nobel Prize Can you please add English subtitles to this video? It's of utmost importance for people worldwide to be able to understand what she has to say. It's all extremely relevant.
We hope to add a timed subtitle soon, but in the meantime you can read a transcript of her lecture here: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/tokarczuk/lecture/ Thanks for watching!
Thank you Noble Prize for posting this video.
Her creation contains some special kind of fragility. Greeting from Lublin.
I like watching bubbles sparkling in glasses of water at the rostrum 1:59
XD i like that too.
With or without english translation , she will be my favorite writer,knowing her style i think ,that she had ,the greatest and most inteligent speach.
Congratulations! I'm so proud to be Polish! Amazing speech! Greetings from Florida!
This is incredible and wise woman. Writer filled with deep understanding and sympathy for human and our world. I don't believe that we are going to change and save ourselves on this planet, but if it is possible then only through people like her, through humanistic ideas and thinking .
Dziękuje - thank you ....from Poland.
Opowieści Pani Olgi to gotowe scenariusze filmowe, lub materiał na sztuki teatralne. Ot, choćby przekorne 'Transfugium', czy wspaniała Góra Świętych. Ta ostatnia niemal na pewno JEST tam, gdzieś, w tych szwajcarskich Alpach! Ciekawe, jak zadziałają na deskach teatru choćby 'Wizyta', czy 'Przetwory'? O 'Uczcie' kapitana Eryka już nie wspomnę. Nasz krajanin (?) Eryk rezyduje i pracuje gdzieś w Skandynawii (w Danii, a może w Norwegii). Przypomina trochę Conradowego kapitana Falka (Duńczyka, a może Norwega) z holownika w Bangkoku. Swoją drogą ciekawe, cóż on teraz porabia?? Bo oczywiście jest postacią rzeczywistą; z 'pudła' po wybryku z promem zapewne już wyszedł??
Beautiful speech...
Sad that I have to read a transcript and not having it synced live with her speech. Guess I have to line the Polish and Swedish documents side by side and sort of guess my best at where she is. I want her body language and tone along with what she's actually saying.
3 years gone! No one remembers Olga n Peter hehe
🌍What's fabula interrupta in (Scherezada's story)?
🇵🇱Jak rozumieć "fabula interrupta" (z opowieści Szeherezady)?
We are so proud of you Olga and our city - Wrocław (Poland)
Beautiful piece of literature. However, the English translation was less than stellar. I wonder where the editor for that translation was when reviewing the English translator's version. I heard that the translator OlgaTokarczuk wanted was unavailable at the time.
Please do this with GOOD english and german subtitels or Speaker over this - and then.. ..give this BIG into the world.. ..for THE Peace.. ..more of this in the world.. ..it´s minimum, what YOU can and have to... do...
We know subtitles would be preferable, but short of that you can read a transcript of her lecture here: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/tokarczuk/lecture/ Thanks for watching!
Bravo. After this speech I feel purified like after antique tragedy. Thank you Olga for this extremely deep katharsis.
I wasn't sure if it's still working in this chaotic and noisy world, but this speech.... It was breathtaking and totally life-changing. Thank you.
xD
Olga Tokarczuk is amazing person. She has very deep filling in world's matters and human soul.
Dziekuje
Sometimes I’m proud of being polish. Congratulations!
Just sometimes? I am always proud to be Polish :)
very moving, very touching, a lecture by a person who feels for our world and is worried about humanity
Magnificent speech! The award truly deserved. I am so proud to be Polish right now.
Im proud to be Polish too, but not because of her ; her books they are based on social and historical unreality, based on Marxist theory. She is also hardened feminist :(
@@lucjadolinski3838 good. Our country needs more feminists 💪🇵🇱
Well I can see 90% of people in commentages are speaking English
I'm from Poland and I'm so proud we have intelligent persons
One comment states "Polish is beautiful, even I can't understand it." This opinion is extremely kind to the Author of the lecture and Poles. I suppose, however, that the commentator could write something more if he understood what Mrs. Tokarczuk is talking about. Hebrew is also a beautiful language, but so few can appreciate its beauty ... It is a pity that no money was found to finance for the cabin translation of the lecture into English.
Such a wise human being. We need those.
great lecture by an amazing writer, I think I need to listen to it at least two times so it can reach my gloomy mind
Gratuluję Ci Olgo Tokarczuk!💐🤗
Great speech, hope you’ll get nice translation, guys!
Touching to the core
A message from a parallel universe: Words are the strongest artifacts in here. We create, we breathe and we live by them. Please use your time. Leave a words to the next generations and believe that they can bild a hope and wonders even in the darkest abys of human soul. End of the message.
"Poles did terrible things - as colonizers, slave owners or murderers of Jews. " Really Mrs Tokarczuk?
Really. Our history has been heavily whitewashed and it's high time we start talking about more inconvenient subjects.
This is so beautiful, touching, deep and powerful. Thank you so much, Olga!
Voice of the future - lots of important threads, thank you
Good luck!!
So beautiful, so true, incredibly intense and melancholic but still hopeful
Great speach! Like a intellectual mass for humanists. Thank You!
Is it an award for literary work or political views?
If you read at least one of her books you’d know😊
Actually she is a great writer - try to read something, sometimes, just try to read good books maybe? Her speech is also primarily a peace of a good literature, an incredible essay. And there were not any politics in it - by the way. Just a philosophy, a vision of reality, an interweaving of micro and macro, in and out, change and infiltration, which she shows with a great talent in her very interesting novels. She also speaks about new forms in literature.
Bravo Olga, superb speech! Brave and honest, deeply insightful, moving and carrying, Olga fully took advantage of the moment, uncompromising in the purity of expressed care for the world and all beings. BIG THANK YOU!
I'm extremaly proud with my countrywoman Olga Tokarczuk! she is really great gift for our difficoult times !
Then you are Ukrainian I guess.
@@slawomirlech950 and so what if she was Ukrainian? Is there shame in that? So tired of people like you hating on her, luckily most Poles with your views can't write nor speak English. I have noticed that her biggest critics never read her books, don't like her views bcs she's not a Christian fascist, she's a vegetarian and is a big enough person to admit that like most nations in the world Poland had its good and bad moments in history, which does not make her anti Polish it simply makes her honest.
It is only from the record of our mistakes
very strong, true and touching!
Thank you!!
Congratulations Mrs. Tokarczuk. A very wise and motivating speech for humanity.
GREAT!
Than God i'm born in Silesia... I don't need subtitles for Polish and German😅
We are so proud of Ms. Olga Tokarczuk!
Poland , Pani Olga Tokarczuk ❤️
So proud to be Polish at this moment, great great congratulations to mrs. Tokarczuk for such achivment 😍 But also so sad that national news in Poland didn't even mention one word about this lecture. That's how persona non grata in Polish politics is treated... Shame on You politicians...
Yep, thats how PL looks today.
I want to cry.
You are absolutely right Mr.Maks that national news in Poland did not mention about this lecture. I am also so proud and such happy for Mrs,,Olga for a great achievement . Thank you for a very truthful comment.
I believe you didnt mean persona non grata. Google the meaning ;)
@@szunabrina I know the meaning and I thiught more about the latin translation meaning than about official term of consulat politician unwanted in country ;)
Olga very proud of you! Regards from Australia!!
Pani Olgo, gratulacje!!! tak się cieszę Pani sukcesem!
Proud to be Polish citizen of the World, the particle of Earth. Congrats Olga!
She's no Polish, she's Ukrainian.
@@antylemingable7128 what? she's Polish
@@rudkazydel1060 Of course she is. She may have Ukrainian roots, like many of the Poles, descendants of the multi-national Great Republik - Rzeczpospolita. She was born in Poland, speaks Polish, writes in Polish, feels Polish, so she is Polish, like Matejko, Chopin, Wieniawski, Lem, Elsner, etc.
@@beholderessnah she is Polish. Don't search anything in Ukraine. It used to be part of Poland and more likely is do Ukrainians have Polish roots.
Hypnotizing 🤩🤩🤩
24:00
Incredibly wise and beautifully sensitive human being🙏❤️
I'm proud to be Pole, especially today. Congratulations for Olga Tokarczuk!
Really?
This is shame for Polish people that we have citizens like Olga Tokarczuk.
I'm not proud no matter what you would think.
Very good speech, thank you!
so proud she is polish ❤️❤️
Oł Man
40:30 to 47:00
Her beauty is so simply...
Beautiful speach: thank you @OlgaTokarczuk
Teresa Doukir yes beautiful thank you
subtitles please!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a great speech! Thank you!
Brawo Olga! Brawo!
Wonderful.
Extraordinarily beautiful
Stunning speech, thank you.
How dare you!
Konkwistadorrr let’s bring it to the top!
Lecture transcripts in English, Polish and Swedish here: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/tokarczuk/lecture/
I'm going to surprise you, but one can add CCs to youtube.
Until we can secure a definitive and complete translation of her speech as delivered, we'll have to rely on the transcript. The transcript appears in a booklet provided to all attendees of the lecture. It's definitely an important part of the historical record for this Prize. Thanks for taking the time to write, and thanks for watching!
Add subtitles here!!!
An interesting speech about the power of literature in the era of a huge informational mess.
🥰
Great speech and great books of her.
No translation😠