Lit in Translation

Wisława Szymborska

Born 1923 · Poland

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Nike 2006 · Shortlist

    Dwukropek

    Title translated by AI:“Colon”

    Wisława Szymborska · 82 when first published

    Poetry · 41 pages

    AI-generated summary:Twenty-seven poems about chance and absence, about questions left unanswered between people, about old age and a hidden world that shows itself only in everyday trifles.

  • In English

    Nike 2003 · Shortlist

    Chwila / Moment

    Chwila

    Wisława Szymborska · 79 when first published

    Poetry · 44 pages

    AI-generated summary:Poems that try to describe a single moment and marvel at it: a little girl pulling at a tablecloth, clouds that change before they can be described, people fleeing from other people.