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Zbigniew Herbert

Born

in Lwów (formerly Poland), Ukraine

October 29, 1924

Died

July 28, 1998

Genre

Poetry, Drama, Essays

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Zbigniew Herbert was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer, author of plays, and moralist. He was also a member of the Polish resistance movement. Herbert is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers, and has been nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in literature.

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	Barbarian in the Garden by Zbigniew Herbert, Michael March (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Jaroslaw Anders (Translator) 4.28 avg rating — 1,177 ratings — published 1962 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Poems, 1956-1998 by Zbigniew Herbert, Alissa Valles (Editor), Czesław Miłosz (Translator) 4.43 avg rating — 1,129 ratings — published 2000 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Cogito by Zbigniew Herbert, John Carpenter (Translator), Bogdana Carpenter (Translator) 4.34 avg rating — 868 ratings — published 1974	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Still Life with a Bridle by Zbigniew Herbert, Bogdana Carpenter (Translator), John Carpenter (Translator) 4.41 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 1993 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Labirynt nad morzem 4.28 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems by Zbigniew Herbert, Czesław Miłosz (Translator), Peter Dale Scott (translator) 4.39 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 1977 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Report from the Besieged City and Other Poems 4.40 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 1983 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King of the Ants: Mythological Essays by Zbigniew Herbert, Bogdana Carpenter (Translator), John Carpenter (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1975 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elegy for the Departure and Other Poems 4.24 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hermes, pies i gwiazda 4.30 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1957 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Be courageous when the mind deceives you
Be courageous
In the final account only this is important”
― Zbigniew Herbert

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“We fall asleep on words / we wake among words”
― Zbigniew Herbert

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“Inanimate objects are always correct and cannot, unfortunately, be reproached with anything. I have never observed a chair shift from one foot to another, or a bed rear on its hind legs. And tables, even when they are tired, will not dare to bend their knees. I suspect that objects do this from pedagogical considerations, to reprove us constantly for our instability.”
― Zbigniew Herbert, Selected Poems

tags: poetry

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