Wisława Szymborska
Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Born | (1923-07-02)2 July 1923 Prowent, Poland (now Kórnik, Poland) |
Died | 1 February 2012(2012-02-01) (aged 88) Kraków, Poland |
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Nationality | Polish |
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Spouse | Adam Włodek (1948–1954; divorced) |
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Szymborska was born in Prowent. She died on 1 February 2012 at home in Kraków from natural causes, aged 88.[1]