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Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004) was born in Szetejnie, Lithuania. Over the course of his long and prolific career he published works in many genres, including criticism (The Captive Mind), fiction (The Issa Valley), memoir (Native Realm), and poetry (New and Collected Poems, 1931-2001). He was a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980.
Bringing a Great Poet Back to Life
Laments
by Jan Kochanowski, translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Seamus Heaney
February 15, 1996 issue
Adders and Other Reptiles
Reptile Journalism: The Official Polish-Language Press under the Nazis, 1939–1945
by Lucjan Dobroszycki, translated by Barbara Harshav
'Jews in the Polish Underground Press, 1939–1945' in Poland
by Lucjan Dobroszycki
Biedni Polacy Patrza Na Getto
by Jan Blonski
May 11, 1995 issue
Swing Shift in the Baltics
The Baltic Revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence
by Anatol Lieven
November 4, 1993 issue
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