Wisława Szymborska
Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner (1923–2012)
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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]
References
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