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Czesław Miłosz (/ ˈ m iː l ɒ ʃ / MEE-losh, US also /-l ɔː ʃ,-w ɒ ʃ,-w ɔː ʃ /-lawsh, -wosh, -wawsh, Polish: [ˈt͡ʂɛswaf ˈmiwɔʂ] ⓘ; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat.
Jun 26, 2024 · Czeslaw Milosz, Polish American author, translator, critic, and diplomat who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. Perhaps his best-known work is the essay collection The Captive Mind (1953), in which he condemned the accommodation of many Polish intellectuals to communism.
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Learn about the life and poetry of Czeslaw Milosz, a Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet who witnessed and wrote about the horrors of World War II and communism. Explore his themes, styles, and influences in his poems, novels, essays, and translations.
Uznawany za najwybitniejszego polskiego poetę XX wieku [2] . Przed II wojną światową Czesław Miłosz był poetą katastroficznym, uderzającym w ton wizyjny stylizacją na głos starotestamentowych proroków. Od innych twórców formacji Żagary odróżniał go kult klasycystycznych rygorów.
Aug 14, 2004 · Learn about the life and works of Czesław Miłosz, the Polish poet and writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980. Find out his biography, awards, publications, and achievements in this official web page.
Aug 14, 2004 · Born: 30 June 1911, Śeteniai, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) Died: 14 August 2004, Kraków, Poland. Residence at the time of the award: Poland; USA. Prize motivation: “who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts”. Language: Polish.
The Captive Mind (Polish: Zniewolony umysł) is a 1953 work of nonfiction by Polish writer, poet, academic and Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz. It was first published in English in a translation by Jane Zielonko in 1953.
