Milosz

The intellectual, at times sophisticated, trait in Milosz has a direct opposite in this talent for lucidity and this requited love of the sensuous.

Nobel Prize in Literature 1980 - Press Release 1980

Milosz is a very intellectual writer - philosophically and ideohistorically schooled, not least, familiar with Catholic thought in a way reminiscent of the erudition and keen mind of his compatriot and kindred soul, Leszek Kolakowski.

Nobel Prize in Literature 1980 - Press Release 1980

Czeslaw Milosz is a difficult writer, in the best sense of the word-challenging and demanding, captivating not least because of his complications.

Nobel Prize in Literature 1980 - Presentation Speech 1980

The intellectual trait in Milosz has a direct counterpart in this talent for lucidity and this requited love of the sensuous.

Nobel Prize in Literature 1980 - Presentation Speech 1980

The exiled Milosz is nevertheless not entirely exiled.

Nobel Prize in Literature 1980 - Press Release 1980

Milosz is a very intellectual writer, trained in philosophy and literature.

Nobel Prize in Literature 1980 - Presentation Speech 1980

Czeslaw Milosz is a difficult writer, in the best sense of the word - complex and erudite, challenging and demanding, changing between different moods and levels, from the elegiac to the furious, and from the abstract to the extremely concrete.

Nobel Prize in Literature 1980 - Press Release 1980

The Russian-American poet Joseph Brodsky called Milosz "one of the greatest poets of our time," whereas in the title poem of his most recent book Krzysztof Jaworski, an outstanding voice in contemporary Polish poetry, laments "how far Brodsky's set us back. . .

Archive 2009-08-01 Rus Bowden 2009

The Russian-American poet Joseph Brodsky called Milosz "one of the greatest poets of our time," whereas in the title poem of his most recent book Krzysztof Jaworski, an outstanding voice in contemporary Polish poetry, laments "how far Brodsky's set us back. . .

News at Eleven: [Jaroslaw] Anders's affinities as a reader Rus Bowden 2009

It's with rapture, rather than austerity, that Ms. Ebersole recites "A Song on the End of the World," by the Lithuanian poet Czeslaw Milosz.

Highlights and Dark Nights Will Friedwald 2012