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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1990s (104) 1996 (13) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Female (51) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1920s (114) 1923 (13) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, eastern (65) Poland (25) Kórnik (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2010s (99) 2012 (9) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, eastern (11) Poland (6) Kraków (2) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) W (48) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) S (103) 23. Religion 23. Religion Irreligion group (86) Atheism (75) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 74 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (123) Media and Communication Workers (117) Writers and Editors (101) Writers and Authors (101) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, eastern (21) Poland (5) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, eastern (13) Poland (12) Kraków (1) Jagiellonian University (1) Alumni (1) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) B (102) Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (13) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) C (272) Cross of Merit (1) G-H (389) G (254) Goethe Prize (7) Golden Medal for Merit to Culture (1) H (196) Herder Prize (2) K-L (297) K (173) Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1) Kościelski Award (1) M-N (333) M (172) Medal for Merit to Culture (1) O-P (364) O (205) Order of Polonia Restituta (1) Order of the White Eagle (4) Q-Z (398) S (125) Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize (1) complete name: Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska nobel prize: literature award year: 1996 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996 was awarded to Wislawa Szymborska "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture birth name: Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska given name: Wisława family name: Szymborska occupation: writer occupation: poet occupation: translator occupation: author occupation: essayist field of work: poetry field of work: essay description: Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska was a Polish poet, essayist, translator and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Prowent, which has since become part of Kórnik, she later resided in Kraków until the end of her life. In Poland, Szymborska's books have reached sales rivaling prominent prose authors: although she once remarked in a poem, "Some Like Poetry" ("Niektórzy lubią poezję"), that no more than two out of a thousand people care for the art. Szymborska was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality". She became better known internationally as a result of this. Her work has been translated into English and many European languages, as well as into Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese and Chinese. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1996/summary/> date birth: 1923 date death: 2012 usual name: Maria Szymborska
