Czeslaw Milosz Libros

This stimulating collection of essays, mostly concerned with subjects taken from Slavic literatures, is at once scholarly and reflective. The volume opens with a true story, "Brognart," which is a confession of the author's remorse based on conflict with French intellectuals. "Science Fiction and the Coming of the Antichrist" concerns Vladimir Solovyov. "Krasinski's Retreat" is another return to the author's student readings, which attempts to determine how a Polish romantic poet could write in 1833 a drama on the approaching world revolution. "Joseph Conrad's Father" sketches the biography of a poet and revolutionary and also throws some light upon the fate of the hero of the last chapter.

Czeslaw Milosz's poetry, spanning seven decades, showcases his mastery in exploring fundamental human dilemmas through a lens of profound inquiry and elegant expression. Celebrated as one of the greatest poets, Milosz captures the essence of existence with a tireless spirit and deep insight, revealing the complexities of life that often elude definition. His collected works from 1931 to 2001 reflect a remarkable journey of thought and creativity, inviting readers to ponder the intricacies of being and the human experience.

The long-awaited paperback edition of Selected Poems, revised and updated with more than forty new poems never before published in English 2011 marks the centenary year of one of the twentieth century’s most important poets, Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz. To mark the occasion, Anthony Milosz has translated into English the last poems his father wrote, granting readers new insight into the work of an unparalleled master of the form. Life opened for Czeslaw Milosz with the clash of civilizations in northeastern Europe. What unfolded around him was a century of catastrophe and madness: two world wars, revolutions, invasions, and the murders of tens of millions of people. In the thick of this upheaval, wide awake and in awe of living, Milosz tried to understand both history and the moment, with humble respect for the suffering of each individual. He wrote masterful poetry infused with a tireless spirit and a penetrating insight into fundamental human dilemmas and the staggering yet simple truth that “to exist on the earth is beyond any power to name.”

The Captive Mind begins with a discussion of the novel Insatiability by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz and its plot device of Murti-Bing pills, which are used as a metaphor for dialectical materialism, but also for the deadening of the intellect caused by consumerism in Western society. The second chapter considers the way in which the West was seen at the time by residents of Central and Eastern Europe, while the third outlines the practice of Ketman, the act of paying lip service to authority while concealing personal opposition, describing seven forms applied in the people's democracies of mid-20th century Europe.The four chapters at the heart of the book then follow, each a portrayal of a gifted Polish man who capitulated, in some fashion, to the demands of the Communist state. They are identified only as Alpha, the Moralist; Beta, The Disappointed Lover; Gamma, the Slave of History; and Delta, the Troubadour. However, each of the four portraits were easily identifiable: Alpha is Jerzy Andrzejewski, Beta is Tadeusz Borowski, Gamma is Jerzy Putrament and Delta is Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński.The book moves toward its climax with an elaboration of "enslavement through consciousness" in the penultimate chapter and closes with a pained and personal assessment of the fate of the Baltic nations in particular.

Czeslaw Milosz's collection of essays and reminiscences offers a deeply personal exploration of his youth in Wilno, now Vilnius. Over three decades, he crafts an informal autobiography that intertwines with the city's rich tapestry of languages, cultures, and beliefs. Through his reflections, Milosz reveals how this extraordinary city shaped his identity and creative spirit, serving as a pivotal backdrop in his life and work.

"A collection of 300 poems from writers around the world, selected and edited by Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz Czesław Miłosz's A Book of Luminous Things—his personal selection of poems from the past and present—is a testament to the stunning varieties of human experience, offered up so that we may see the myriad ways that experience can be shared in words and images. Miłosz provides a preface to each of these poems, divided into thematic (and often beguiling) sections, such as “Travel,” “History,” and “The Secret of a Thing,” that make the reading as instructional as it is inspirational and remind us how powerfully poetry can touch our minds and hearts. "

A biography of observations of himself and others, beginning in Eastern Europe and extending to America.

A new collection by the ninety-three-year-old Nobel laureate continues his exploration of the meditative lyric, in a volume that considers such topics as aging and mortality. By the author of A Treatise on Poetry. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Returning to his childhood river valley in 1989, Czeslaw Milosz reflects on the passage of time and the intertwining of personal and mythological journeys. The poems in Facing the River delve into profound themes such as imagination, human experience, and the duality of good and evil. Through the symbolism of the Issa River, Milosz celebrates life's wonders while contemplating the inevitability of change and the significance of memory in shaping identity.