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Orfeusz I Eurydyka
''Orfeusz i Eurydyka'' (''Orpheus and Eurydice'') is a poetry collection by Czesław Miłosz. It was first published in 2003 in Polish and translated same year to English, German and Swedish. Like many of Miłosz's volumes of poetry, it is named after the key poem in the volume (first published in 2002 in ''Tygodnik Powszechny'', this one inspired by the Ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice') was a character in Greek mythology and the Auloniad wife of Orpheus, who tried to bring her back from the dead with his enchanting music. Etymology Several meanings for the name .... The poem is also a reply to Rainer Maria Rilke poem ''Orpheus, Euridike, Hermes.'' The poem is a reflection on the death of Miłosz's wife. References 2003 poetry books Polish poetry collections Poetry by Czesław Miłosz {{poetry-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz (, also , ; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
