Szymborska

[ sim-bawrs-kah ]

noun

1. Wis·la·wa [vis-, lah, -vah], 1923–2012, Polish poet: Nobel Prize 1996.

Szymborska

/ ʃɪmˈbɔrskə /

noun

1. SzymborskaWisława19232012MPolishWRITING: poetWRITING: writer Wisława (vɪˈswavə). 1923–2012, Polish poet and writer: Nobel prize for literature 1996

Example Sentences

And he knew I’d been translating Wislawa Szymborska with his longtime friend, the great poet and translator Stanislaw Barańczak.

From Washington Post

Szymborska’s “Funeral” consists of seemingly random fragments apparently overheard in a churchyard or cemetery.

From Washington Post

Back then it was dedicated to the memory of the very poet I’d been translating when we met, his friend Wislawa Szymborska.

From Washington Post

But Alissa also draws heavily from a range of other works, from Homer’s “Iliad” to poems by Wislawa Szymborska, Seamus Heaney and Mahmoud Darwish.

From New York Times

But recently, with the war in Ukraine and the refugees in Eastern Europe in mind, I have also been plunging into the work of the Polish Nobel laureate Wislawa Szymborska.

From New York Times