Wislawa Szymborska was a Polish poet, essayist and translator, born in 1923 near Kornik and died in 2012 in Krakow. She received the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy citing poetry that, "with ironic precision, allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality." Known for a spare, deceptively simple style that examines everyday subjects, chance and the limits of human knowledge with wit and philosophical depth, Szymborska published relatively few poems by the standards of a major poet but saw them translated into numerous languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, Persian and Chinese, following her Nobel recognition.
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AwardNobel Prize in Literature, 1996, awarded "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality". 1 Classification
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2 July 1923-1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Szymborska was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality".
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Wislawa Szymborska was a Polish poet, essayist and translator, born in 1923 near Kornik and died in 2012 in Krakow.
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