The History of Polish Literature, Updated Edition by Milosz, Czeslaw (9780520044777)

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The History of Polish Literature, Updated Edition - Edition #2

by Milosz, Czeslaw

Paperback - English

This book is a survey of Polish letters and culture from its beginnings to modern times. Czeslaw Milosz updated this edition in 1983 and added an epilogue to bring the discussion up to date.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

Edition Number

ISBN

0520044770

EAN

9780520044777

Publisher

UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR

Publication Date

24 Oct 1983

Pages

570

Weight (kg)

0.86

Dimensions (cm)

22.9 x 15.4 x 3.9

About Author

Czeslaw Milosz was born in Szetejnie, Lithuania, in 1911. He worked with the Polish resistance movement in Warsaw during World War II and was later stationed in Paris and Washington, D.C., as a Polish cultural attache. He defected to France in 1951, and in 1960 he accepted a position at the University of California, Berkeley. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980, and was a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He died in 2004.