While perhaps more subtle in her published poetry, admirers of Szymborska no doubt are familiar with her characteristic wit. Her playful style was made evident to the world when in 1996 she began her ...

Translating Wisława Szymborska’s works was like 'polishing diamonds' for me, said Piotr Kamiński, the translator of her poetry into French. We quote the translators’ opinions and recollections of the ...

Translated and Introduced by Magnus J. Krynski and Robert A. Maguire Regarded as one of the best representatives since World War II of the rich and ancient art of poetry in Poland, Wislawa Szymborska ...

and "Map," by Wisława Szymborska, which was translated, from the Polish, by Clare Cavanagh. Mort's collection "Music for the Dead and Resurrected" won the 2021 International Griffin Poetry Prize ...

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Thousands of years ago, humankind figured out how to transform one of our greatest inventions into infinite beauty, and language gave way to poetry. From the prehistoric poems of the Nile ...

During a visit to Jakarta, Pope Francis on Wednesday extensively quoted a poem by Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet Wisława Szymborska. Speaking to Indonesian clergy and the faithful at Jakarta's ...

Canadian author and poet Anne Michaels and international writers Nick Laird and Tomasz Różycki have been announced as the ...

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

When reading poetry a reader will interpret what it means to them. Everyone's response is different. What is imagery? Learn about how writers use imagery, the impact of imagery and how it appeals ...

Joe Coelho looks at how poetry can be performed, bringing the words to life rather than keeping them on the printed page. He explores what tone and timbre can bring to poems when performing or ...