Selected and Last Poems

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Selected and Last Poems

1931-2004

Czeslaw Milosz

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The perfect introduction to the poetry of Czeslaw Milosz, “one of the greatest poets of our time, perhaps the greatest” (Joseph Brodsky)

Widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of our time, Czeslaw Milosz is a master of probing inquiry and graceful expression. Unflinching, outspoken, and unsentimental, Milosz digs among the rubble of the past, choosing from the bad as well as the good, forging a vision that encompasses pain as well as joy. His work is “one of the monumental splendors of poetry in our age” (Edward Hirsch, The New York Times Book Review).

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EuropeanPoetryEasternEuropeanLiterary CollectionsAll Other FictionAnthologiesAmericanAmericanWomen Authors

Released2025

LanguageEnglish

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN9780063395626

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About the author(s)

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, DC, as a Polish cultural attaché. 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.

Reviews

“For many people, poetry is consolation, a balm to soothe personal and collective wounds. In the hands of the late Czeslaw Milosz, it is also razor sharp.” - Christian Science Monitor

“Milosz continues exploring his own version of the meditative lyric, refusing to rest on his laurels…Consequently, he joins the ranks of other great poets of old age, such as Robert Penn Warren and W. B. Yeats himself.” - New York Times Book Review

“The work of Milosz reminds us of how much power poetry gains from bearing within itself an unforced, natural, and long-ranging memory of past customs; a sense of the strata of ancient and modern history; a wide visual experience; and a knowledge of many languages and literatures.” - Helen Vendler

“Nobody tells the story of this age better than Czeslaw Milosz.” - New Republic

“One of the century’s most important poets.” - San Francisco Chronicle