Poetry on Restored Guggenheim Nov 1, 2008
The projection is a special exhibit by Jenny Holzer-- a compilation of political statements about terrorism and the Iraq war, as well as poems by Nobel Prize winner and Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska. Titled For the Guggenheim, the installation was commissioned by the Guggenheim foundation to celebrate the restoration of the museum. (Suite101.com)
Jenny Holzer Exhibitions in the U.S... Nov 1, 2008
Six poems of Wislawa Szymborska will be projected on five buildings in Chicago, including the facade of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyric Opera Building, Tribune Tower and the Merchandise Mart ... Comprised of the artist's own political messages and translated poetry of Nobel prize-winning Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska, the installation takes place every Friday when the sun sets. (Suite101.com)
Le Clezio -- who's he? Oct 11, 2008
The last American to win the prize was Toni Morrison in 1993; since then, recipients have included Poland's Wislawa Szymborska, Italy's Dario Fo, Chinese-born Gao Xingjian and Austria's Elfriede Jelinek. That such authors are not household names has led to charges that the Nobel committee is willfully obscure, or worse, motivated by political considerations. (Los Angeles Times)
Poetry Everywhere Mar 21, 2008
Wislawa Szymborska - "Advertisement" (docUWM) 32. Richard Wilbur - "Some Words Inside of Words" (docUWM). (PR Newswire)
3.14 and the rest Mar 15, 2008
Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska wrote a poem about pi, and pop star Kate Bush sang 100 digits of pi on her album Aerial. In this age of high-tech precision instruments, where we assure ourselves that perfection is attainable, pi is an ever-present, sometimes grating reminder that there are puzzles that can be solved and there are mysteries that, perhaps, can not. (BBC News -- UK)
At Mass MoCA, Jenny Holzer lights up a room Nov 23, 2007
She has chosen to begin the show with poems by Nobel prize-winning Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska. "Szymborska writes on a number of subjects that are of interest to me," Holzer says. (Boston Globe)
Sound writing Jul 24, 2007
Like Wislawa Szymborska, or Norman MacCaig, the poet has entered the logic of her own simile. This is arguably the richest way to sustain a metaphor, as allusions can multiply. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
* Pairing up for a party May 11, 2007
Lin said the inspiration for her piece came from a poem by Wislawa Szymborska called Golden Anniversary. "I have had her poem for a long time. I often read it when I am free. It was not in my mind when I first started to work on the duet," Lin said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Measure for measure Feb 26, 2007
It's an edition that's long overdue: Herbert (1924- 98 ) was a major literary figure in his native Poland dating back to his debut publication during the short - lived cultural thaw of the Khrushchev regime, but his international repute has been somewhat eclipsed of late by the star power of the two other redoubtable Polish poets of his generation, the Nobel laureates Czeslaw Milosz and Wislawa Szymborska. Principally translated by Alissa Valles, the book chronologically assembles Herbert's nine... (Boston Globe)
