Czesław Miłosz – far from a captive mind
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
16.08.2011 08:00
Sunday marked the seventh anniversary of the death of Czesław Miłosz, one of the most renowned modern Polish poets, writers and translators.
Czesław Miłosz
Born on June 30, 1911 in in the Lithuanian village of Szetejnie he died in 2004 in Krakow.
Czeslaw Milosz, best known for the Captive Mind, his work on intellectuals working under Stalinism, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980.
In 1951-89 he lived in exile as a political émigré, first in France and then in the United States.
This year marks the centenary of Czeslaw Milosz’s birth and many projects have been scheduled relating to Milosz Year.
Translations of his poetry and prose are planned in 23 countries, including China.
Audiobooks with a selection of his poetry are also to be published in many languages.
Milosz is also one of the icons of the cultural programme of the Polish presidency in the EU Council.
An international academic session under the motto ‘Warsaw’s Milosz’ will be held in the Polish capital in mid-October.
The writer’s birth centenary is included in the UNESCO-sponsored list of anniversaries.
In addition to Poland, the Milosz Year is marked in Lithuania, where he was born, in the United States, France, Israel and Russia. (di/pg)