Storytelling and the Art of Tenderness: Olga Tokarczuk’s Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
The Marginalian • 2/17/2026
Summary
Olga Tokarczuk delivered a Nobel Prize acceptance speech emphasizing the concept of tenderness as a modest form of love. She described tenderness as a love that is not referenced in scriptures or gospels and is recognized when we closely observe another being, distinct from our own self.
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