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Zbigniew Herbert

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Polish writer and poet (1924-1998)

WritersLived 1924 to 1998 · aged 73
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Zbigniew Herbert 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, soon after he voluntarily ceased submitting most of his works to official Polish government publications.

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1997Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize
1997Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie
1994Preis der SWR-Bestenliste
1991Vilenica Prize
1991Jerusalem Prize
1987Bethlen Gábor Award
1979Petrarca-Preis
1973Herder Prize
1965Austrian State Prize for European Literature
1963Kościelski Award
Order of the White Eagle
Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta

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Zbigniew Herbert 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, 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.

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Status
deceased
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Lived 1924 to 1998 · aged 73
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28 languages

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