Zbigniew Herbert
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Zbigniew Herbert was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist. He is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers. While he was first published in the 1950s, soon af
Herbert in 1964
An excerpt from The Envoy of Mr. Cogito, Gdańsk
Zbigniew Herbert (early 1980s)
"The loss of memory by a nation is also a loss of its conscience" (Herbert). Plaque at Mehringplatz, Berlin.
Jerusalem Prize
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The Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society is a biennial literary award given to writers whose works have dealt with themes of human freedom in society.
Zbigniew Herbert
…Geneva), 1965 Jurzykowski Prize, 1965 Austrian State Prize for European Literature, 1973 Herder Prize (Austria), 1979 Petrarca-Preis (Germany), and 1991 Jerusalem Prize (Israel). Zbigniew Herbert was born on 29 October 1924 to Boleslaw Herbert and his wife Maria, née Kaniak. Herbert's Austrian ancestor came to Galicia…
Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek (r) handing French author André Schwarz-Bart the 1967 Jerusalem Prize for Literature
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