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Zbigniew Herbert
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Polish writer and poet (1924–1998)
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Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998) was a Polish poet, writer, playwright, and essayist. Born in Lviv, he died in Warsaw and is buried at Powązki Cemetery. He held citizenship in the Second Polish Republic, the Polish People's Republic, and Poland. Herbert was educated at Lviv University, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Krakow University of Economics, and the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He worked as an employee at the University of Gdańsk.
Herbert’s notable works include *Hermes, pies i gwiazda*, *Barbarzyńca w podróży*, *89 wierszy*, and *Bajki*. He received the Order of the White Eagle, the Kościelski Award, the Herder Prize, and the Petrarca-Preis. He was also nominated for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. His papers are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
He was a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature, the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, the Academy of Arts in Berlin, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Herbert lived in Lviv, Proszowice, Kraków, and Toruń. He was a Catholic and spoke Polish.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1924
- Works
- 73
Top works
- Hermes, pies i gwiazda
- Barbarzyńca w podróży
- 89 wierszy
- Bajki
- Bajki
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Myśmy już byli. Bohaterowie Starych Powązek — Self (archive footage)2023
- Herbert. Barbarian in the Garden — Self (archive footage)2021
- Obywatel poeta — himself2000
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Poland
- Active from
- 1924
- Active to
- 1998
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 294
- Total plays
- 15,964
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Zbigniew+Herbert">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Rethinking the Inception Architecture for Computer Vision
· 2016 · cited 22,040x
- Speeded-Up Robust Features (SURF)
· 2008 · cited 11,359x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,798x
- A Behavioral Model of Rational Choice
· 1955 · cited 10,012x
- Bevacizumab plus Irinotecan, Fluorouracil, and Leucovorin for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
· 2004 · cited 8,525x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “And if the City falls and one surviveshe shall carry the City within on the roads of exilehe shall be the City”
- “And now I won't be on any of them group photo (proud proof of my death in all literary weekly magazines in the world)when someonewill say, look, you see - it's Zbyszek - pointing fingerat a manstruggling with a suitcase - but that's not itI'm someone else who isn't even from this industrythere is no me and there is complete emptiness”
- “Jeśli tematem sztukibędzie dzbanek rozbitymała rozbita duszaz wielkim żalem nad sobąto co po nas zostaniebędzie jak płacz kochankóww małym brudnym hotelukiedy świtają tapety”
- “Go where the others have gone, to the tenebrous limitfor the golden fleece of void, your ultimate prizego upright among those who are on their kneesamong those turning their backs on and those fallen to dust.”
- “And do not forgive indeed it is beyond your powerto forgive in the name of those betrayed at dawn”
- “You survived not to live onyour time is short, you have to give a proof of truth”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1924-10-29 ) 29 October 1924, Lwów , Poland
- Died
- 28 July 1998 (1998-07-28) (aged 73), Warsaw , Poland
- Resting place
- Powązki Cemetery
- Occupation
- Poet, essayist
- Language
- Polish , German
- Notable awards
- Austrian State Prize for European Literature , 1965 , Herder Prize , 1973 , Jerusalem Prize , 1991 , Vilenica Prize , 1991 , Order of the White Eagle , 2007
- Spouse
- Katarzyna Dzieduszycka, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Zbigniew Herbert ( Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf ˈxɛrbɛrt] ; 29 October 1924 – 28 July 1998) was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist. He is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers. While he was first published in the 1950s (a volume titled Chord of Light was issued in 1956), soon after he voluntarily ceased submitting most of his works to official Polish government publications. He resumed publication in the 1980s, initially in the underground press. Starting in the 1960s, he was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. His books have been translated into 38 languages.
Herbert was one of the main poets of the Polish opposition to communism. Starting in 1986, he lived in Paris, where he cooperated with the journal Zeszyty Literackie. He came back to Poland in 1992. On 1 July 2007 the Polish Government instituted 2008 as the Year of Zbigniew Herbert. In 2013, the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award was established in honour of the poet and his literary legacy. He received the 1963 Kościelski Prize (Geneva), 1965 Jurzykowski Prize, 1965 Austrian State Prize for European Literature, 1973 Herder Prize (Austria), 1979 Petrarca-Preis (Germany), and 1991 Jerusalem Prize (Israel).
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