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Adam Czerniawski

    Questo poeta, scrittore e critico letterario polacco è riconosciuto per la sua profonda esplorazione della condizione umana, approfondendo temi come la memoria, l'identità e il trascorrere del tempo. Il suo stile distintivo combina l'intensità lirica con una tagliente indagine intellettuale, creando opere che risuonano con profondità emotiva e acume filosofico. Attraverso la sua poesia, la prosa e i saggi, offre una prospettiva unica sulle complessità dell'esistenza e sul potere del linguaggio. I suoi contributi letterari hanno avuto un impatto significativo sulla letteratura polacca, riflettendo una voce ricca e contemplativa.

    Selected Poems
    • Selected Poems

      • 95pagine
      • 4 ore di lettura

      Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation Cyprian Norwid, born in 1821 near Warsaw, is one of the most innovative and idiosyncratic figures in Polish literature. His unique poetry is now recognized as among Poland's finest. Largely self-taught, he left Poland at the age of 21, moving widely around Europe - befriended by Chopin among others - before travelling to America. Persistently dogged by financial crises, he was forced to return to Paris in 1854. There he spent the rest of his life, dying in a hostel for Polish insurrection veterans in Ivry in 1883. Norwid's work is introduced by Bogdan Czaykowski, the eminent Polish poet, who is also a noted scholar and critic. Adam Czerniawski, born in Warsaw in 1934, has translated widely from Polish (including Tadeusz Rózewicz's selected poetry, They Came to See a Poet , also from Anvil) as well as publishing poetry, stories, criticism and a memoir in his first language. He has lived in Palestine, Lebanon, Germany, England and Scotland, working in a variety of academic and literary posts.

      Selected Poems