Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004)
Author of The Captive Mind
About the Author
Czeslaw Milosz is the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. His most recent publications are Striving Towards Being: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Czeslaw Milosz (FSG, 1997) and Road-side Dog (FSG, 1998). He lives in Berkeley, California. (Publisher Provided) Czeslaw Milosz was born show more in Szetejnie, Lithuania on June 30, 1911. In 1934, he received a degree as Master of Law and traveled to Paris on a fellowship from the National Culture Fund. In 1936, he worked as a literary programmer for Radio Wilno, but was dismissed for his leftist views the following year. He then took a job with Polish Radio in Warsaw. During World War II, he was a member of the Polish resistance. He served as a Polish diplomat in the late 1940s, but defected to Paris in 1951. In 1961, he became a lecturer in Polish literature at the University of California at Berkeley and, later, a professor of Slavic languages and literatures. His works include The Captive Mind, Native Realm, Czeslaw Milosz: The Collected Poems 1931-1987, Bells in Winter, A Year of the Hunter, and Roadside Dog. He received several awards including the Prix Littéraire European from the Swiss Book Guild for The Seizure of Power in 1953, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. He has also translated the works of other Polish writers into English, and has co-translated his own works. He died on August 14, 2004. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Czesław Miłosz
A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry (1996) — Editor — 857 copies, 12 reviews
Wiersze Tom 1 3 copies
Wiersze Tom 2 3 copies
Wiersze i ćwiczenia : ...dość gruby zeszyt w czarnej oprawie wypełniony moimi wierszami... (2008) 2 copies
Utwory poetyckie = Poems 2 copies
Αιχμάλωτη σκέψη 2 copies
A Minha Intenção: Ensaios Escolhidos 2 copies
Den store fristelse 1 copy
From the Rising of the Sun 1 copy
33 Poems [Printout] 1 copy
A Tomada do Poder 1 copy
Pavergtas protas 1 copy
Dzieła zbiorowe 1 copy
Caffe Greco 1 copy
Miasto bez imienia 1 copy
Tal der Issa: Roman 1 copy
The View 1 copy
Swiat / The World 1 copy
I książki mają swój los 1 copy
A special issue 1 copy
LA GRANDE TENTATION 1 copy
Swiatlo Dzienne 1 copy
Somrak in svit 1 copy
Polskie kontrasty: Wykad z okazji otwarcia 25. Szkoy Letniej Kultury i Jezyka Polskiego Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego w… (1995) 1 copy
O putovanjima kroz vrijeme 1 copy
Não Mais 1 copy
poems 1 copy
Yang Terpasung 1 copy
Associated Works
Crime and Punishment [Norton Critical Edition, 3rd ed.] (1989) — Contributor — 1,196 copies, 4 reviews
World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Contributor — 461 copies, 1 review
Against Forgetting: Twentieth-Century Poetry of Witness (1993) — Contributor — 344 copies, 2 reviews
Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach (2003) — Contributor — 205 copies, 1 review
The Poet's Work: 29 Poets on the Origins and Practice of Their Art (1979) — Contributor — 89 copies, 1 review
The trial begins ; and, On socialist realism (1982) — Introduction, some editions — 75 copies, 1 review
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Contributor — 73 copies
The Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them (2016) — Contributor; Translator — 69 copies
The Immigrant Experience: The Anguish of Becoming American (1972) — Contributor — 59 copies, 3 reviews
The Poetry of Survival: Post-War Poets of Central and Eastern Europe (1991) — Contributor — 45 copies
Antaeus No. 61, Autumn 1988 - Journals, Notebooks & Diaries (1988) — Contributor — 35 copies, 2 reviews
Sunlight on the River: Poems About Paintings, Paintings About Poems (2015) — Contributor — 10 copies, 2 reviews
Antaeus No. 73/74, Spring 1994 - Who’s Writing This: Notations on the Authorial I {magazine} (1994) — Contributor — 5 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Miłosz, Czesław
- Other names
- Milosz, Czeslaw
- Birthdate
- 1911-06-30
- Date of death
- 2004-08-14
- Burial location
- Skalka Sanctuary, Krakow, Poland
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Poland
USA (naturalized 1970) - Birthplace
- Šeteniai, Lithuania, Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Kraków, Poland
- Places of residence
- Šeteniai, Lithuania, Russian Empire
Warsaw, Poland
Paris, France
Berkeley, California, USA
Kraków, Poland - Education
- Vilnius University
- Occupations
- critic
translator
poet
Diplomat
professor - Relationships
- Milosz, O. V. de L. (second cousin)
- Organizations
- Polish Resistance
University of California, Berkeley - Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize (Literature | 1980)
Neustadt International Prize for Literature (1978)
National Medal of Arts (1989)
Robert Kirsch Award (1990)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature | 1982)
Prix Littéraire Européen (1953) (show all 10)
Order of the White Eagle (1994)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Reviews
The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz
This book took me longer than usual to read it and it will certainly will take longer than usual to understand what I have read. The models detailed in the book make perfect sense, but then again bring certain sadness when thought about. Important book that is hard to rate or describe. It certainly does require certain knowledge of the time period and geopolitical intricacies of the region. Recommended read for those who have a particular interest in the post world war 2 eastern Europe and the rise of Communism.… (more)
I didn't enjoy this book as much as I thought I would, considering it was written by the literary Nobel Prize winner.
I think the main problem I had with this book was that it contained so much history - I do understand, that the literature of Poland is deeply connected with its history and to understand one you need to know something about the other - but I had this feeling, that a half or more of this book was about history and literature was less important. Some authors were just mentioned in a few lines and I kept thinking why Milosz wrote about them at all if they were obviously so unimportant for him. I'd prefer less names, but more facts about the ones who were left.
On the other hand, I think the book was very well written and really informative and may be a good textbook for people interested in learning more about both history and literature of Poland.
From my blog: https://www.blogger.com/u/1/blogger.g?blogID=8925501032270629303#allposts… (more)
I think the main problem I had with this book was that it contained so much history - I do understand, that the literature of Poland is deeply connected with its history and to understand one you need to know something about the other - but I had this feeling, that a half or more of this book was about history and literature was less important. Some authors were just mentioned in a few lines and I kept thinking why Milosz wrote about them at all if they were obviously so unimportant for him. I'd prefer less names, but more facts about the ones who were left.
On the other hand, I think the book was very well written and really informative and may be a good textbook for people interested in learning more about both history and literature of Poland.
From my blog: https://www.blogger.com/u/1/blogger.g?blogID=8925501032270629303#allposts… (more)
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