http://arcade.stanford.edu/category/tags/polish-poetry The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-ac http://arcade.stanford.edu/sonnet-day <p>Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) is a towering figure in Central and East European literary history.  You'll find monuments to him in three national capitals--<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Mickiewicz_Monument,_Warsaw" title="Mickiewicz in Warszawa" target="_blank">Warsaw</a>, <a href="http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/classroom/mickiewicz/m.html" title="Mickiewicz in Minsk" target="_blank">Minsk</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Mickiewicz_Monument,_Vilnius" title="Mickiewicz in Vilnius" target="_blank">Vilnius</a>--as well as the Ukrainian city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickiewicz_Square" title="Mickiewicz in Lviv" target="_blank">Lviv</a>.  In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Mickiewicz_Monument,_Krak%C3%B3w" title="Mickiewicz Monument in Krakow" target="_blank">Krakow</a>, he's <a href="http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krypta_Wieszcz%C3%B3w_Narodowych_na_Wawelu" title="Mickiewicz tomb" target="_blank">buried </a>in the <a href="http://www.wawel.krakow.pl/en/" title="Wawel Castle" target="_blank">Wawel</a>, alongside Polish kings.  Haven't heard of him?  Me neither, not till long after I finished my Ph.D.</p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/sonnet-day">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/sonnet-day#comments Adam Mickiewicz Crimea Petrarchan sonnet Polish literature Polish poetry translation http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/1520 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:12:03 -0700 Brian Reed 1520 at http://arcade.stanford.edu http://arcade.stanford.edu/she-was-she-passed <p>In 2009, I visited Kraków for the first time.  One day I bought a book by Wysława Symborska (1923-2012) and carried it around with me for a few hours.  Everywhere I went people stopped me to ask what I thought about her poetry.  I spoke at length with a hotel clerk and a grandmother on a bench in a park. I can't imagine anything similar happening in the United States.</p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/she-was-she-passed">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/she-was-she-passed#comments elegy Nobel Prize Polish poetry Wysława Szymborska http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/1409 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:23:21 -0800 Brian Reed 1409 at http://arcade.stanford.edu