Czeslaw Milosz

This is the most beautiful and powerful of Milosz's poems from across his writing life. This selection brings together the most beautiful and powerful of Czeslaw Milosz's poems, spanning his writing life. In verses such as 'Cafe' he considers the upheaval, revolutions and two world wars that he had witnessed, while 'My Faithful Mother Tongue' reflects the loyalty he felt to his native Polish language. He also remembers his schooldays in 'The World', and in 'Bypassing Rue Descartes' recalls the Paris streets of his student years, displaying both tenderness and tough-minded fury towards those who shaped his experiences. Writing not about abstract emotions, but about the horrors and beauty that he directly observed, Milosz opens our eyes to the joy-bringing potential of the poetry to which he gave his life. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. Born in Lithuania while it was still part of the Russian Empire, he lived much of his life in Poland or exiled in California. He was the author of one of the definitive books on totalitarianism, The Captive Mind, but also wrote with extraordinary vividness and moral authority on his childhood, his experiences under Nazism and on the tragedy of Central Europe.

Proud to be a Mammal (1942-97) is Czeslaw Milosz's moving and diverse collection of essays. Among them, he covers his passion for poetry, his love of the Polish language that was so nearly wiped out by the violence of the twentieth century, and his happy childhood. Milosz also includes a letter to his friend in which he voices his concern about the growing indifference to murder and the true value of freedom of thought, as well as a verbal map of Wilno, with each street revealing both a rich local history and intricate, poignant personal memories.

After The Second World War the author was exiled for many years from his home country of Poland In this book he evokes that homeland and his years away from it how it nurtured him and how its div

Czeslaw Milosz (Szetejnie, Lituània, 1911) durant els anys trenta va ser un líder del moviment d'avantguarda polonès. El 1951 va enfrontar-se al govern de Varsòvia i va emigrar als Estats Units. És p

La presente antología ofrece al lector la selección más amplia publicada hasta la fecha en español de la obra del poeta polaco Czeslaw Milosz (Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1980), haciendo hincapié en su rica diversidad. Si hay alguna figura poetica que haya atravesado todo el siglo XX y haya dado testimonio de los acontecimientos, de la conciencia historica y moral sin abandonar el lirismo es la de Czeslaw Milosz, cuya obra representa una de las cimas poeticas en el mundo contemporaneo. Poeta de multiples voces y registros, busca constantemente el sentido de la realidad e intenta conciliar las contradicciones del ser humano. A traves de una honda profundidad metafisica, de la contemplacion y la epifania analiza de manera penetrante el paso del ser humano en este mundo que le es a menudo incomprensible. No tengo ninguna duda al afirmar que Czeslaw Milosz es uno de los mas grandes poetas de nuestro tiempo, quizas el mas grande. []En el nucleo de los temas principales en la poesia de Milosz se encuentra la conviccion inquebrantable de que el ser humano no es capaz de comprender su experiencia, y cuanto mas tiempo lo separa de ella, menos son las posibilidades que tiene para comprenderla. JOSEPH BRODSKYLa presente antología ofrece al lector la selección más amplia publicada hasta la fecha en español de la obra del poeta polaco Czeslaw Milosz (Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1980), haciendo hincapié en su rica diversidad. Si hay alguna figura poetica que haya atravesado todo el siglo XX y haya dado testimonio de los acontecimientos, de la conciencia historica y moral sin abandonar el lirismo es la de Czeslaw Milosz, cuya obra representa una de las cimas poeticas en el mundo contemporaneo. Poeta de multiples voces y registros, busca constantemente el sentido de la realidad e intenta conciliar las contradicciones del ser humano. A traves de una honda profundidad metafisica, de la contemplacion y la epifania analiza de manera penetrante el paso del ser humano en este mundo que le es a menudo incomprensible. No tengo ninguna duda al afirmar que Czeslaw Milosz es uno de los mas grandes poetas de nuestro tiempo, quizas el mas grande. [] En el nucleo de los temas principales en la poesia de Milosz se encuentra la conviccion inquebrantable de que el ser humano no es capaz de comprender su experiencia, y cuanto mas tiempo lo separa de ella, menos son las posibilidades que tiene para comprenderla. JOSEPH BRODSKY

Nelle visioni di William Blake, la "terra di Ulro" designa un luogo di sofferenza e costrizione che molto somiglia a quello che Milosz ha attraversato, dalle turbolenze degli anni dell''anteguerra all''invasione nazista della Polonia, al regime sovietico, all''esilio. Ma per tutta la vita Milosz ha pensato che scrivere potesse servire anche a infrangere i cancelli di quel luogo sinistro. Il libro e una autobiografia intellettuale.

Alle soglie dei novant''anni, in modo del tutto imprevisto, con spregiudicata disinvoltura Milosz si racconta, proiettando in un vivace diorama tutta la sua vita intellettuale e creativa. Frammenti narrativi o filosofici si alternano a poesie, aforismi, aneddoti; saggi brevi, citazioni, criptici ritratti di scrittori compaiono accanto a scorci di paesaggio, ricordi personali, canzoni, resoconti giornalistici, perfino al biglietto di una piccola ammiratrice.