In October of 1996 after she had re...
In October of 1996 after she had received the Nobel Prize in Literature, Wislawa Szymborska was hailed at certain Swedish newspapers as the fifth Polish winner of this Prize. This was a surprise for many Polish readers, since Szymborska was suppos to be the fourth winner -- after Henryk Sienkiewicz (1905) Wladyslaw Reymont (1924) and Milosz (1980) Curiously, Szymborska's name followed that of Isaac Bashevis Singer, who, according to the "Encarta" encyclopedia was a "Polish-born American who wrote in the Yiddish language [and] drew heavily forward his Polish ...
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