POLISH POETS

1. POLISH POETS Czesław Miłosz Wisława Szymborska

2. WisławaSzymborska Polish poet, essayist, literary critic, translator, columnist, member and founder of the Polish Writers' Association (1989), member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1995), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1996), awarded the Order of the White Eagle (2011).

3. She was bornon 2 July 1923 in Prowent. She resided laterin Cracowuntil the end of her life. She was described as a "Mozart of Poetry„. Her firstpublication was a poem „Looking for words” in1945. Poems by Szymborska were a source of inspiration not only for readers but also for otherartists. Therearesomeknownsongs with poet’stexts. WisławaSzymborska died on 1 February 2012 at home in Cracow, aged 88.

4. WisławaSzymborskawith the Nobel Prize

5. CzesławMiłoszwas born on 30 June 1911 in Lithuania, died 14 August 2004 in Cracow. He studied law at the University of Vilnius. From 1945, CzesławMiłosz worked as a Polish cultural diplomat in the USA and France. Since 1951, he stayed in exile. He was a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatureat the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard University. In 1980, he received the Nobel Prize in literature.

6. The work of Miłosz (bothpoetry and prose) wasn’tknownnor publishedin Polish. Afterreceiving the most prestigiousliteraryaward in the world the poetbegan to visit Poland. In the 90s he returned to the country and settled in Cracow.