Tokarczuk, who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, was among eight international recipients of the prestigious award.
Granted by one of the world's leading universities, the distinction recognises outstanding contributions to the arts, literature, science and technology.
Tokarczuk is the first Polish writer to be honoured by the French university.
Agnieszka Bielawska has this report.
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