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Zbigniew Herbert

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Zbigniew Herbert

Zbigniew Herbert (1924–98) is one of the central figures of postwar European poetry; the author of nine volumes of poetry and three collections of essays, he also wrote for stage and radio. He received many important international literary prizes, inluding the Jerusalem Prize. His Collected Poems was published by Ecco Press in 2006.

Articles by Zbigniew Herbert

Look
By Zbigniew Herbert
The blue winter sky like a stone on which angels
Translated from Polish by Alissa Valles
Principality
By Zbigniew Herbert
Over the principality a cloud of snores rises, red as a cauldron.
Translated from Polish by Alissa Valles
Angels of Civilization
By Zbigniew Herbert
The real renaissance of angels came with the development of airline companies.
Translated from Polish by Alissa Valles
She was doing her hair
By Zbigniew Herbert
she secured the halo on the top of her head
Translated from Polish by Alissa Valles
On Translating Poetry
By Zbigniew Herbert
Like a clumsy bumblebee / he alights on a flower
Translated from Polish by Alissa Valles