Wisława Szymborska
Wisława Szymborska-Włodek, Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska [viˈswava ʂɨmˈbɔrska] (2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, and translator. She was the recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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.jpg) Wisława Szymborska, in Kraków, Poland 2011 | |
| Born | 2 July 1923 Prowent, Poland (now Kórnik, Poland) |
| Died | 1 February 2012 (aged 88) Kraków, Poland |
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| Nationality | Polish |
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| Spouse | Adam Włodek (1948–1954; divorced) |
Szymborska was born in Prowent. She died on 1 February 2012 at home in Kraków from natural causes, aged 88.[1]
Wisława Szymborska Media
The house where Wisława Szymborska was born, in Prowent, now part of Kórnik, Poland
Wisława Szymborska and President Bronisław Komorowski at the Order of the White Eagle award ceremony in January 2011.
Szymborska on a 2023 stamp of Serbia
References
- ↑ "Dates of birth and death for Wisława Szymborska". Rmf24.pl. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
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