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Recent Projects

• Posthumous publication of "Here" (2012)
• Release of "The Silence of Plants" (documentary film, 2012)
• Opening of the Wislawa Szymborska Center for Polish and International Literature (2012)
• Establishment of the Wislawa Szymborska Foundation (2013)
• Launch of the Wislawa Szymborska Literary Award (2015)

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Wislawa Szymborska was a Polish poet, essayist, and translator. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996 for her "ironic and poignant poetry that allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality." Szymborska's poetry explores the themes of time, history, loss, and the human condition. Her work has been translated into over 50 languages and is widely studied and anthologized. Szymborska died on February 1, 2012, at the age of 88. She is considered one of the most important and influential poets of the 20th century.

Awards and Honors

* Nobel Prize in Literature (1996) * Herder Prize (1991) * Goethe Prize (1999) * Austrian State Prize for European Literature (2001) * Order of the White Eagle (Poland's highest civilian honor, 2005) * Doctorate honoris causa from several universities, including Oxford, Harvard, and Yale