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Halina Poświatowska

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Halina Poświatowska


Born
in Częstochowa, Poland
May 30, 1935

Died
October 11, 1967

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Halina Poświatowska (born Helena Myga) was a Polish poet and writer, one of the most important figures in modern Polish literature.

She is famous for her lyrical poetry and for her intellectual and passionate yet unsentimental poetry on the themes of death, love, existence, famous historical personages, especially women, as well as her mordant treatment of life, living, being, bees, cats and the sensual qualities of loving, grieving and desiring.

She died at 32 after a second heart operation to correct a heart defect that limited her mobility and breathing, which she acquired when she fell ill as a child during the World War II German occupation of Poland.

Source: wikiedia.com

Average rating: 4.22 · 1,880 ratings · 239 reviews · 39 distinct worksSimilar authors
Opowieść dla przyjaciela

4.53 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 1966 — 11 editions
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Wszystkie wiersze

4.52 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions
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Wiersze wybrane

4.39 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 1975 — 8 editions
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Jestem Julią

4.33 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions
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Indeed I Love - Właśnie Kocham

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4.39 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1997
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Elementarz Haliny Poświatow...

4.23 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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Rozcinam pomarańczę bólu

4.71 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1991
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Listy

4.45 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
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Când vreau să trăiesc țip

4.27 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Wiersze

4.67 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1993
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“the taming of words
is more difficult
than the taming of tigers”
Halina Poświatowska, Wiersze wybrane

“Po drodze było zupełnie złoto. Drzewa umierają - inaczej niż ludzie. Drzewa wyglądają tak, jak gdyby cieszyły się własną śmiercią. Wprawdzie potem będzie wiosna i one odkwitną znowu, ale ty wiesz, że nigdy nie można mieć pewności. No i skąd o tym mają wiedzieć drzewa? Dla nich na pewno każda jesień jest ostania.”
Halina Poświatowska, Story for a Friend

“Są takie noce, przyjacielu, kiedy świat się kończy. Świat odchodzi i zostawia nas z rozszerzonymi źrenicami i bezradnie opuszczonymi rękoma.”
Halina Poświatowska, Opowieść dla przyjaciela

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