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Poland's president honors Nobel poet atA funeral held for Nobel-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska drew more than 1,000 people to a snowy cemetery on Thursday, and Poland's president praised her for producing verse that allowed readers to see the "tiniest particles of beauty" in everyday life.Posted on 9 February 2012 | 3:33 pm
Hundreds of Poles attend funeral for theirWARSAW, Poland (AP) — A funeral held for Nobel-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska drew more than 1,000 people to a snowy cemetery on Thursday, and Poland's president praised her for producing verse that allowed readers to see the "tiniest particles of beauty" in everyday life.
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 1:18 pm
Poland's leaders honor Nobel poet atThousands of people are attending funeral ceremonies for 1996 Nobel-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska, who died last week at the age of 88.
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 12:54 pm
Wislawa Szymborska: Poet who won the 1996Wislawa Szymborska was Poland's first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 12:24 am
Wislawa Szymborska dies at 88; Nobel-winningWislawa Szymborska won the literature prize in 1996 and wrote about the nature of the soul, totalitarianism and death — with beguiling clarity and a sense of wonder. During a five-decade career, Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska had so rarely appeared in public that a newspaper dubbed her the "Greta Garbo of poetry" after the notoriously private actress.
Posted on 3 February 2012 | 4:37 am
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Poland's president honors Nobel poet atA funeral held for Nobel-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska drew more than 1,000 people to a snowy cemetery on Thursday, and Poland's president praised her for producing verse that allowed readers to see the "tiniest particles of beauty" in everyday life.Posted on 9 February 2012 | 12:50 am
Poland's 1996 Nobel poet Szymborska dies atPoland's 1996 Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska, whose simple words and playful verse plucked threads of irony and empathy out of life, has died. She was 88.
Posted on 1 February 2012 | 8:21 pm
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Posted on 27 January 2012 | 4:44 pm
Nobel poet Szymborska gets Poland's highestNobel literature laureate Wislawa Szymborska has been awarded Poland's highest honor in recognition of her contribution to her country's culture.
Posted on 17 January 2011 | 2:53 pm
New documentary on Nobel laureate SzymborskaA rare documentary about Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska portrays a lively yet distinguished woman who savors the world's contrasts, from 17th-century Dutch painting to boxing.
Posted on 28 February 2010 | 2:24 pm
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Wislawa Szymborska | The EconomistWislawa Szymborska | The Economist http://t.co/7tuqgceLPosted on 9 February 2012 | 6:35 pm
Read "A Requiem to an Age of BrilliantRead "A Requiem to an Age of Brilliant Polish Poetry" http://t.co/PNfb055q
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 6:20 pm
More on Syzmborska; did you know she wroteMore on Syzmborska; did you know she wrote for six decades and had less than 400 poems published? -Em http://t.co/ic2np6YW
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 6:15 pm
Remembering Wislawa Szymborska today. HerRemembering Wislawa Szymborska today. Her poem reminds me of The Joy of Writing http://t.co/CD1Px6oF
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 6:15 pm
Don't miss Edward Lucas on #WislawaDon't miss Edward Lucas on #Wislawa Szymborska | The Economist http://t.co/Cr8BMzVW
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 6:05 pm
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Paris Review – Wisława Szymborska,Last week Wisława Szymborska died in Kraków at the age of eighty-eight. Szymborska received the Nobel Prize in 1996 and was Poland's best-loved living poet. Her poem “Negative” appeared in issue 144 of The Paris ...Posted on 6 February 2012 | 5:58 pm
3quarksdaily: Wisława SzymborskaWhat goes into making beautiful celestial images? | Main | Qatar Purchases Cézanne's The Card Players for More Than $250 Million, Highest Price Ever for a Work of Art » ...
Posted on 5 February 2012 | 4:09 pm
Wislawa Szymborska (1923 - 2012) -Miss Szymborska dropped out of school due to lack of money and around 1948 entered into a brief marriage with poet Adam Wlodek; having released her first poem in 1945 she published a collection of her work in 1949 ...
Posted on 4 February 2012 | 1:01 am
John Lundberg: The World RemembersThe great Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska died Wednesday. And while she was never one for travel herself, her poetry did, and it touched millions. Among her admirers was Woody Allen: "She is able to capture the pointlessness and sadness ...
Posted on 3 February 2012 | 7:42 pm
Culture Desk: Wislawa Szymborska: TheIt was only the other morning that my wife, happening to leaf again through.
Posted on 2 February 2012 | 8:25 pm
