Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004)
Author of The Captive Mind
About the Author
Czeslaw Milosz is the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. His most recent publications are Striving Towards Being: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Czeslaw Milosz (FSG, 1997) and Road-side Dog (FSG, 1998). He lives in Berkeley, California. (Publisher Provided) Czeslaw Milosz was born show more in Szetejnie, Lithuania on June 30, 1911. In 1934, he received a degree as Master of Law and traveled to Paris on a fellowship from the National Culture Fund. In 1936, he worked as a literary programmer for Radio Wilno, but was dismissed for his leftist views the following year. He then took a job with Polish Radio in Warsaw. During World War II, he was a member of the Polish resistance. He served as a Polish diplomat in the late 1940s, but defected to Paris in 1951. In 1961, he became a lecturer in Polish literature at the University of California at Berkeley and, later, a professor of Slavic languages and literatures. His works include The Captive Mind, Native Realm, Czeslaw Milosz: The Collected Poems 1931-1987, Bells in Winter, A Year of the Hunter, and Roadside Dog. He received several awards including the Prix Littéraire European from the Swiss Book Guild for The Seizure of Power in 1953, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. He has also translated the works of other Polish writers into English, and has co-translated his own works. He died on August 14, 2004. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Czesław Miłosz
Wiersze Tom 2 3 copies
Wiersze Tom 1 3 copies
Wiersze i ćwiczenia : ...dość gruby zeszyt w czarnej oprawie wypełniony moimi wierszami... (2008) 2 copies
A Minha Intenção: Ensaios Escolhidos 2 copies
Utwory Poeckie 2 copies
Tal der Issa Roman 1 copy
Dzieła zbiorowe 1 copy
A Tomada do Poder 1 copy
Pavergtas protas 1 copy
Miasto bez imienia 1 copy
poems 1 copy
Não Mais 1 copy
O putovanjima kroz vrijeme 1 copy
Yang Terpasung 1 copy
33 Poems [Printout] 1 copy
From the Rising of the Sun 1 copy
Den store fristelse 1 copy
Caffe Greco 1 copy
Polskie kontrasty: Wykad z okazji otwarcia 25. Szkoy Letniej Kultury i Jezyka Polskiego Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego w… (1995) 1 copy
Het dal van de Issa 1 copy
Somrak in svit 1 copy
Swiatlo Dzienne 1 copy
A special issue 1 copy
Associated Works
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Contributor — 72 copies
The Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them (2016) — Contributor; Translator — 63 copies
The Poetry of Survival: Post-War Poets of Central and Eastern Europe (1991) — Contributor — 44 copies
Sunlight on the River: Poems About Paintings, Paintings About Poems (2015) — Contributor — 10 copies
Antaeus No. 73/74, Spring 1994 - Who’s Writing This: Notations on the Authorial I {magazine} (1994) — Contributor — 5 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Miłosz, Czesław
- Other names
- Milosz, Czeslaw
- Birthdate
- 1911-06-30
- Date of death
- 2004-08-14
- Burial location
- Skalka Sanctuary, Krakow, Poland
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Poland
USA (naturalized 1970) - Birthplace
- Šeteniai, Lithuania, Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Kraków, Poland
- Places of residence
- Šeteniai, Lithuania, Russian Empire
Warsaw, Poland
Paris, France
Berkeley, California, USA
Kraków, Poland - Education
- Vilnius University
- Occupations
- critic
translator
poet
Diplomat
professor - Relationships
- Milosz, O. V. de L. (second cousin)
- Organizations
- Polish Resistance
University of California, Berkeley - Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize (Literature | 1980)
Neustadt International Prize for Literature (1978)
National Medal of Arts (1989)
Robert Kirsch Award (1990)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature | 1982)
Prix Littéraire Européen (1953) (show all 10)
Order of the White Eagle (1994)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Reviews
It feels a little strange eating this book since it was intentionally unfinished and exists mainly as the world building part of a larger story waiting to be told. Nevertheless, it's an interesting read and perhaps a strange introduction to Milosz.
"The Cardinal's Treatment" is a chapter that stood out as particularly well-formed and engaging.
"The Cardinal's Treatment" is a chapter that stood out as particularly well-formed and engaging.
One of the best anthologies anywhere. A much needed representation of world poetry for those of us whose experience has been limited by geography.
An examination of the psychology of the Stalinist totalitarian system from the view of polish poet Czeslaw Milosz. He names several types of self-delusion and describes the fates of some friends he knew who stayed in the Soviet Union. A very interesting and sharp analysis from a time in which it was not yet clear if Communism would fail in it's world-conquering ambitions.
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- Works
- 182
- Also by
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 4.1
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I think the main problem I had with this book was that it contained so much history - I do understand, that the literature of Poland is deeply connected with its history and to understand one you need to know something about the other - but I had this feeling, that a half or more of this book was about history and literature was less important. Some authors were just mentioned in a few lines and I kept thinking why Milosz wrote about them at all if they were obviously so unimportant for him. I'd prefer less names, but more facts about the ones who were left.
On the other hand, I think the book was very well written and really informative and may be a good textbook for people interested in learning more about both history and literature of Poland.
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