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Wisława Szymborska Template:IPAc-pl (2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, translator and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Prowent, which has since become part of Kórnik, she later resided in Kraków until the end of her life.

Major works

Each year links to its corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

  • 1952: Dlatego żyjemy ("That's Why We Are Alive")
  • 1954: Pytania zadawane sobie ("Questioning Yourself")
  • 1957: Wołanie do Yeti ("Calling Out to Yeti")
  • 1962: Sól ("Salt")
  • 1966: 101 wierszy ("101 Poems")
  • 1967: Sto pociech ("No End of Fun")
  • 1967: Poezje wybrane ("Selected Poetry")
  • 1972: Wszelki wypadek ("Could Have")
  • 1976: Wielka liczba ("A Large Number")
  • 1986: Ludzie na moście ("People on the Bridge")
  • 1989: Poezje: Poems, bilingual Polish-English edition
  • 1992: Lektury nadobowiązkowe ("Non-required Reading")
  • 1993: Koniec i początek ("The End and the Beginning")
  • 1996: Widok z ziarnkiem piasku ("View with a Grain of Sand")
  • 1997: Sto wierszy - sto pociech ("100 Poems - 100 Happinesses")
  • 2002: Chwila ("Moment")
  • 2003: Rymowanki dla dużych dzieci ("Rhymes for Big Kids")
  • 2005: Dwukropek ("Colon")
  • 2009: Tutaj ("Here")

Prizes and awards

See also






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