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 3 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
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
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