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Czesław Miłosz

Miłosz in 1999 Czesław Miłosz ( , , or in American English, or in British English.}} ; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. He primarily wrote his poetry in Polish. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Academy called Miłosz a writer who "voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts".

Miłosz survived the German occupation of Warsaw during World War II and became a cultural attaché for the Polish government during the postwar period. When communist authorities threatened his safety, he defected to France and ultimately chose exile in the United States, where he became a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His poetry—particularly about his wartime experience—and his appraisal of Stalinism in a prose book, ''The Captive Mind'', brought him renown as a leading ''émigré'' artist and intellectual.

Throughout his life and work, Miłosz tackled questions of morality, politics, history, and faith. As a translator, he introduced Western works to a Polish audience, and as a scholar and editor, he championed a greater awareness of Slavic literature in the West. Faith played a role in his work as he explored his Catholicism and personal experience. He wrote in Polish and English.

Miłosz died in Kraków, Poland, in 2004. He is interred in Skałka, a church known in Poland as a place of honor for distinguished Poles. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Dolina Issy / by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 1979
    Book
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    A treatise on poetry / by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 2001
    Full Text (via Internet Archive)
    eBook
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    Bells in winter / by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 1978
    Full Text (via Internet Archive)
    eBook
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    Kontynenty. by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 1958
    Book
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    The collected poems 1931-1987 / by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 1988
    Book
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    Native realm: a search for self-definition / by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 1968
    Book
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    Bells in winter / by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 1978
    Book
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    Rodzinna Europa. by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 1959
    Book
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    Człowiek wśród skorpionów : studium o Stanisławie Brzozowskim. by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 1962
    Book
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    Miasto bez imienia : poezje. by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 1969
    Book
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    Nieobjęta ziemia / by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 1984
    Book
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    The separate notebooks / by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 1984
    Book
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    Zeichen im Dunkel : Poesie und Poetik / by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 1979
    Book
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    The stars and the roses : for tenor and orchestra / by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 2016
    Musical Score Book
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    The stars and the roses : for tenor and orchestra / by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 2015
    Musical Score Book
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    Król Popiel : i inne wiersze / by Miłosz, Czesław

    Published 1962
    Book
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