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Miłosz, Czesław, 1911-2004

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1911-06-30 - 2004-08-14

Biography

Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004), Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat.

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Brodsky papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 613
Abstract: The Joseph Brodsky Papers document the life and work of Russian-born poet, essayist and Nobel Laureate Joseph Brodsky, with a particular emphasis on the time period of his residence in the United States (1972-1996). The papers consist of correspondence, writings, personal papers (including legal, medical and financial records), audiovisual material, teaching material, student papers, newspaper clippings and printed ephemera, spanning the years 1890-2004, with the bulk of the material dating...
Dates: circa 1890-2004, bulk 1972-1996

Witold Gombrowicz archive

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 515
Abstract: The archive consists of correspondence, writings, personal papers, photographs, audiovisual material and memorabilia documenting Gombrowicz's life and literary activity chiefly during the last two decades of his life (1949-69).Series I, Correspondence, contains personal and professional correspondence. There is correspondence with family, Polish and European literary and cultural figures, other Polish emigres, and Latin American friends and writers. There is considerable correspondence...
Dates: 1902-1998

Renata Gorczynski papers relating to Czesław Miłosz

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 528
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and other material documenting the personal and professional relationship between Gorczynski and Czesław Miłosz.Series I, Correspondence, is organized into subseries for Miłosz, Gorczynski and Third-Party correspondence. The Miłosz correspondence contains several folders of correspondence with Gorczynski, dating from 1979-1991, as well as holograph drafts of outgoing letters and single incoming letters with other writers, friends,...
Dates: 1934-1998

Letters: to Mac and Sheba Goodman, 1973

 Part of Collection — Box 80: [Barcode: 39002137225554], Folder: GROUP 3148, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Two ALS and one APCS, Berkeley, CA, contining updates on family activities and Milosz's work.

Dates: 1973

Czesław Miłosz papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 661
Abstract: The Czesław Miłosz Papers document the life and work of the poet, essayist and Nobel Laureate Czesław Miłosz. The papers consist of writings, correspondence, photographs, personal papers, audio material, and printed material (including newspaper clippings, printed ephemera and clandestine samizdat publications), spanning the years 1880-2000, with the bulk of the material dating from 1940 to 1989. While some writings, photographs and personal documents pre-date the Second World War, the...
Dates: 1880-2000, bulk 1940-1989

Olga Scherer-Virski papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 526
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and personal papers documenting the life and work of Olga Scherer-Virski. There is personal and professional correspondence with Polish literary and cultural figures, other Polish emigres, publishers, and scholars. Correspondents include Jozef Czapski, Witold Gombrowicz, Julia Hartwig, Zbigniew Herbert, Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Zofia Hertz, Aleksander Janta, Konstanty Jelenski, Andrej Kijowski, Jan Lebenstein, Artur Miedzyrzecki, Czeslaw...
Dates: 1954-1988

"To Robert Lowell", 2000 September 7, 2000 September 20

 Part of Collection — Box 262: [Barcode: 39002140920274], Folder: 24
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Typescript poem, with manuscript corrections and annotations. Accompanied by a typescript letter, signed, from Thomas L. Bigelow to Agnieszka Kosinska discussing Milosz’s poem and saying that it will be published in the Spring 2001 issue of The Kenyon Review.

Dates: 2000 September 7, 2000 September 20

Tomas Venclova papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 714
Abstract: The Tomas Venclova Papers document the life and work of Lithuanian poet, scholar and professor Tomas Venclova. Correspondence documents Venclova's relationships with Lithuanian and Soviet literary figures and political dissidents, including letters from Joseph Brodsky and Czes?aw Mi?osz. Venclova's personal life and family relationships are also documented in the correspondence. Venclova's work as a poet, scholar, and translator is documented in drafts of writings that include holograph...
Dates: 1909-2018, bulk 1959-2010

Aleksander Wat papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 705
Abstract: The papers document the life and writings of Aleksander Wat, from his early poetry in the 1910s to the posthumous publication of his work by his wife Paulina and by Czes?aw Mi?osz. Early material (prior to the end of the Second World War) is sparse and consists chiefly of correspondence, personal documents and photographs. Among the early material is documentation of the Wat's exile in Kazakhstan. Later material includes numerous notebooks that contain drafts of poetry and prose writings,...
Dates: 1915-1988