The Resume

(January 29, 1962- )
Born in Sulechow, Poland
Wrote the novels ‘Journey of the People of the Book’ (1993), ‘Primeval and Other Times’ (1996), ‘House of Day, House of Night’ (1998), ‘Flights’ (2007), and ‘The Books of Jacob’ (2014)
Published the poetry collection ‘The City in Mirrors’ (1989)
Published the short story collections ‘Playing on Many Drums: 19 Stories’ (2001) and ‘Bizarre Stories’ (2018)
Won the Nobel Prize in Literature (2018)

Why she might be annoying:

She wears her hair in dreadlocks.
She is a vegetarian.
She stopped working as a psychologist because ‘I was working with one of my patients and realized I was much more disturbed than he was.’

Why she might not be annoying:

She describes many of her works as ‘constellation novels,’ combining elements of fiction, memoir, and myth.
She was the first Polish author to win the Man Booker International Prize (2018).
Her publisher had to hire bodyguards after she noted that the Polish people had committed ‘horrendous acts’ in the past.
She has been the target of internet harassment campaigns by Polish nationalists.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Poets
• 21st Century Poets
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 76]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [January] (Ranked: 1291962)
• Cornrows and Dreadlocks
• I am an Atheist
• Nobel Prize for Literature
• Poets
• Profiles 47001-47250 (Ranked: 47021)
• Psychologists

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying