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Czeslow Milosz, recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Seteksniai, Lithuania to Aleksandre and Weronika Milosz. His father was an engineer. He was educated in Roman Catholic schools and later received his law degree from King Stefan Batory University. While at the University, he cofounded the leftist literary group ZAGARY. He later worked for a Polish radio station until he was fired for associating with Jews.
Milosz was influenced by his uncle, Oscar Milosz, a noted poet. His first collection of poetry, POEMAT O CZASIE ZASTYGLYM, was published when he was 22. He has also translated the works of such writers as T.S. Eliot, William Shakespeare, and John Milton.
Czeslow Milosz currently lives in California.
CHRONOLOGY
1911 He was born in Seteksniai, Lithuania. (June 30)
1929 He began attending the King Stefan Batory University.
1933 POEMAT O CZASIE ZASTYGLYM
1934 He received his law degree from King Stefan Batory University.
1936 TRZY ZIMY
1937 He moved to Warsaw.
1944 He married Janina Dluska.
1945 OCALENIE
1946 His works were banned in Poland.
1951 He became a political asylee in France.
1953 ZNIEWOLONY UMYSL (THE CAPTIVE MIND); He received the European Literary Prize.
1955 ZDOBYCIE WLADZY (THE SEIZURE OF POWER); DOLIN ISSY (THE ISSA VALLEY)
1957 TRAKTAT POETYCKI
1958 KONTYNENTY
1959 RODZINNA EUROPA (NATIVE REALM)
1960 He moved to the United States.
1961 He became a professor at the University of California at Berkeley.; He became a United States citizen.
1962 OGROD WSROD SKORPIONOW
1965 CUCIO ZACZAROWANY
1967 He received the Kister Award.
1969 WIERZE; THE HISTORY OF POLISH LITERATURE; WIDZENIA NAD ZATOKQ SAN FRANCISCO (VISIONS FROM SAN FRANCISCO BAY); MISTO BEZ IMIENIA
1972 PRYWATNE OBOWIAZKI; CZLOWIEK WSROD SKORPIOMOW
1973 SELECTED POEMS
1974 GDZIE WSCHODZI SLONCE I KEDY ZAPADA
1976 UTWORY POETYCKIE
1977 EMPEROR OF THE EARTH; ZIEMIA ULRO (THE LAND OF ULRO)
1978 BELLS IN WINTER; He received the Neustadt International Prize.
1979 KSIEGA PSALMOW; OGROD NAUK
1980 He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1981 HYMN OF THE PEARL
1983 SWIADECTWO POEZJI (THE WITNESS OF POETRY)
1984 THE SEPARATE NOTEBOOKS
1985 POSZUKIWANIA; ZACZYNAJQC OD MOICH ULIC (BEGINNING WITH MY STREETS
1986 HYMN OF THE EARTH
1987 THE COLLECTED POEMS 1931-1987
1989 METAFIZYCZNA PAUZA; He received the National Medal of Arts.
1990 ROK MYSLIWEGO (A YEAR OF THE HUNTER)
1992 SZUKANIE OJCZYZNY
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