Zygmunt Kubiak

Zygmunt Kubiak (30 April 1929, in

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– 19 March 2004) was a Polish writer, essayist, translator, propagator of the antique culture, and professor at the

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. His book ''Mitologia Greków i Rzymian'' was shortlisted for the

Nike Award The Nike Literary Award (, pronounced ) is a literary prize awarded each year for the best book of a single living author writing in Polish and published the previous year. It is widely considered the most important award for Polish literatu ...

in 1998. He translated, among others,

Virgil Publius Vergilius Maro (; 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Rome, ancient Roman poet of the Augustan literature (ancient Rome), Augustan period. He composed three of the most fa ...

's ''

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'',

St. Augustine Augustine of Hippo ( , ; ; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings deeply influenced the development of Western philosop ...

's '' Confessions'', and all poems of Constantine P. Cavafy. Polish male writers 1929 births 2004 deaths Nike Award winners {{Poland-writer-stub International Writing Program alumni Translators of Virgil