Wisława Szymborska was a poet. The spare books, the life in Kraków, and the Nobel years are a quiet literary memorial. She did not write a great many poems, and the ones she wrote stayed. She died in 2012.
Gând
A sample thought. The family would write here what they still say at the table.
Elena
Gând
A sample thought. A friend would say how the ordinary days were the ones that stayed.
Thomas
Poveste
Sunday at the table
This is a sample story. A son would write about Sunday, the extra chair, and the way Wisława Szymborska kept a place for whoever arrived.
Jon
Fotografie
Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Valletta · CC BY 3.0 pl
Fotografie
Kamil Czaiński · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fotografie
Weronika M. Jakubowska · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
Lumânare
A sample candle that stays lit.
Paul
Lumânare
A sample light for the name we still say.
Mira
Videoclipuri
The song from the old radio
A sample film for Wisława Szymborska. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
The piece from the kitchen
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Wisława Szymborska.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born
Wisława Szymborska was born in 1923.
Cronologie
The Nobel Prize
She received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Cronologie
Died in Kraków
She died in Kraków.
Întâlnire
A reading at home
A sample gathering for Wisława Szymborska. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1923
1996
2012