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Memorial Page for Czesław Miłosz
Jun 30, 1911 – Aug 14, 2004(93 years)Died in:Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Polish-American poet and Nobel laureate
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Biography
Czesław Miłosz (* June 30, 1911 in Šeteniai; † August 14, 2004 in Kraków) was a polish-American poet and Nobel laureate. He was 93 years old. He was married to Carol Thigpen-Miłosz and Janina Milosz. He studied at Vilnius University. His faith was Catholic Church. He received 9 awards, including Nobel Prize in Literature, Righteous Among the Nations. He was buried at Crypt of Merit at Skałka.
Life Events
12 EventsBorn in Šeteniai, Kėdainiai District Municipality
1911Married Janina Milosz
1944until 1986
Guggenheim Fellowship
1976Neustadt International Prize for Literature
1978Nobel Prize in Literature
1980National Medal of Arts
1989honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow
1989Righteous Among the Nations
1989Honorary doctor of the University of Bologna
1992Married Carol Thigpen-Miłosz
1992until 2002
Nike Award
1998Died in Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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- Janina Miłosz
- Aleksander Miłosz
- Andrzej Miłosz
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Czesław Miłosz. Forever remembered.