WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA

1996 Nobel Laureate in Literature

for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality.

Born: July 2, 1923
Place of birth: Bnin, Poland
Residence: Cracow, Poland

• View With a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems
• Poems New and Collected 1957-1997
• Sounds, Feelings, Thoughts
• People On A Bridge
• Other Books by/about Wislawa Szymborska

• Biography
• The Swedish Academy press release
• Nobel Lecture
• Selected Poems
• Women Nobel Prize Laureates

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• Love at First Sight (a poem)
• Another good coverage of Ms. Szymborska and her literature (submitted by Jacek Dawda)
• Wislawa Szymborska in Polish Homepages
• CNN story on Szymborska 10/03/96 (submitted by Anne Chessler)
• For Sonwriters composers and singers (submitted by Norm Pringle)
• Some Poetry
• Nobel Prize Awarded Poetry
• experimental dance theater company
• Wislawa Szymborska's Home Page (submitted by Davis)
• Literature 1996 (submitted by Jackson)
• Wislawa Szymborska (submitted by Albert)
• Szymborska Poems (submitted by Adam Berry)
• Wislawa Szymborska's bio (submitted by Johny)
• Poems and Biography of Wislawa Szymborska (submitted by Maria)
• Wislawa Szymborska Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)
• Wislawa Szymborska-Biography (submitted by Jake)

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