Wislawa Szymborska, 'Mozart of poetry', dies aged 88
Polish president joins tributes to Nobel prize-winner, calling her the country's 'guardian spirit'
Polish poet and Nobel laureate Wislawa Szymborska, whose beguilingly simple, playful poems spoke to the heart of everyday life, died yesterday aged 88.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 2 February, 2012
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