Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996
This website from the Nobel e-Museum provides infromation on Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska. The site is organized into the following sections: "Press Release," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," Selected Poems," and "Nobel Diploma."
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: The Courtesy of the Blind
In this seven-stanza poem, the poet writes about the experience of reading her poetry to the blind. She grows increasingly uncomfortable as they cannot see the images in her words, yet they are courteous to a fault and smile and applaud...
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: The End and the Beginning
In this non-prose piece, the poet describes the post-war area needs and the concerns of the traumatized area in the years after.
Other
Wislawa Szymborska's Home Page
Site for information on Szymborska - includes the poem "Tortures" and links to article about the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Wislawa Szymborska
Still another brief biography - perhaps because not much is known about her life and she does not like to talk about it. Includes some good thoughts on her work.
