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Zbigniew Herbert

Zbigniew Herbert
Zbigniew Herbert was born in Lwów, Poland, in 1924. Herbert studied law, economics, and philosophy at the universities of Krakow, Torun, and Warsaw. His books include Selected Poems, Mr Cogito, Report from the Besieged City and Other Poems, Barbarian in the Garden, Still Life with a Bridle, The King of the Ants, and Reconstruction of the Poet. A passionate traveler, in the years of Solidarity he also became a central authority of the political opposition to communism in Poland. He died in 1998.


“Two Stanzas,” a Poem by Zbigniew Herbert

From the Collection “Reconstruction of the Poet”
August 19, 2024  By Zbigniew Herbert
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