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Wisława Szymborska

Polish poet of ironic precision and winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Wisława Szymborska

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She died of lung cancer at home in Kraków on 1 February 2012, aged 88.[1] The 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska, a Polish poet, essayist, and translator.[2]

Life and work

She joined the staff of the literary review magazine Życie Literackie in 1953 and worked there until 1981.[3][1] Count Władysław Zamoyski employed Szymborska's father as his steward.[3] Following Zamoyski's 1924 death, the family relocated to Toruń, then in 1931 to Kraków, which remained Szymborska's home for the rest of her life.[3] "Dziennik Polski" published Szymborska's debut poem "Szukam słowa" ("Looking for words") in March 1945.[4][5]

At Jagiellonian University, Szymborska enrolled in Polish literature and later sociology, but financial hardship forced her to leave before earning a degree.[4][1] A 1953 political petition that condemned Polish priests charged with treason in a Kraków show trial was signed by Szymborska.[6][7] Kornel Filipowicz and Szymborska began a romantic partnership in 1967.[8] Readers of Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza voted Szymborska's final lifetime collection, Dwukropek, the finest book published in 2006.[3][1]

What the cited sources add

The France24 obituary notes that Szymborska was honored with Poland's highest distinction, The Order of the White Eagle, in her last year.[1] The same source states she had less than 400 poems published despite six decades of writing.[1] The same source notes her first book collection was blocked by censorship in 1949 before her debut Dlatego żyjemy appeared in 1952.[9]

References

  1. "Nobel Prize-winning poet Szymborska dies aged 88", France24, 1 February 2012. facts only, no text reused. france24.com
  2. Wikipedia, "Wisława Szymborska" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jarosław Malesiński Wspomnienie. mieczewo.com. 2 February 2012. [dostęp 11 February 2012].; Violetta Szostak Szymborscy – burzliwe fortuny obroty gazeta.pl, 9 February 2012. [dostęp 11 February 2012]. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Wisława Szymborska" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Nobel Prize-winning poet Szymborska dies aged 88", France24, 1 February 2012 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Wisława Szymborska" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Nobel Prize-winning poet Szymborska dies aged 88", France24, 1 February 2012; "Poland Nobel poetry laureate Wislawa Szymborska dies", BBC News, 1 February 2012 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. "Poland Nobel poetry laureate Wislawa Szymborska dies", BBC News, 1 February 2012. facts only, no text reused. bbc.co.uk
  6. Wikipedia, "Wisława Szymborska" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Michał St. de Zieleśkiewicz, "Szymborska: zabić księży Kurii Krakowskiej." Bibula – pismo niezalezne, 21 January 2011.; Waldemar Łysiak, "Stulecie kłamców", Ex Libris/Galeria Polskiej Książki, 2000, p. 214; Stanisław Wilhelm, "Pajęczyna III RP – Urzędnicy i Sędziowie; Anatomia manipulacji prawem", Stanislaw Wilhelm Grys, p. 320; "Nobel Prize-winning poet Szymborska dies aged 88", France24, 1 February 2012; Szałagan, "Szymborska Wisława", pisarzeibadacze.ibl.edu.pl (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Michał St. de Zieleśkiewicz, "Szymborska: zabić księży Kurii Krakowskiej." Bibula – pismo niezalezne, 21 January 2011.. facts only, no text reused. bibula.com
  8. Wikipedia, "Wisława Szymborska" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Szałagan, "Szymborska Wisława", pisarzeibadacze.ibl.edu.pl (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. "Wisława Szymborska – krótka biografia – Wisława Szymborska – Zinterpretuj.pl", 22 August 2022. facts only, no text reused. zinterpretuj.pl

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