Name: How to Start Writing and When to Stop: Advice for Writers
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Author: Szymborska, Wislawa ; Cavanagh, Clare
ISBN: 9780811229715

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How to Start Writing and When to Stop: Advice for Writers

Type

Physical Book

Author

Wislawa Szymborska

Translated by

Clare Cavanagh

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

112

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8x13.2x1 cm

Weight

0.14 kg.

ISBN13

9780811229715

Synopsis "How to Start Writing and When to Stop: Advice for Writers "

In this witty "how-to" guide, Wislawa Szymborska has nothing but sympathy for the labors of would-be writers generally: "I myself started out with rotten poetry and stories," she confesses in this collection of pieces culled from the advice she gave--anonymously--for many years in the well-known Polish journal Literary Life. She returns time and again to the mundane business of writing poetry properly, that is to say, painstakingly and sparingly. "I sigh to be a poet," Miss A. P. from Bialogard exclaims. "I groan to be an editor," Szymborska responds. Szymborska stubbornly insists on poetry's "prosaic side" "Let's take the wings off and try writing on foot, shall we?" This delightful compilation, translated by the peerless Clare Cavanagh, will delight readers and writers alike. Perhaps you could learn to love in prose.

Wislawa Szymborska

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Wislawa Szymborska (Kórnik, Poland, 1923 – Krakow, 2012) was a Polish poet of great international renown, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996. Her poetry is noted for its precision, irony, and philosophical depth, exploring themes such as everyday life, existence, and wonder at the seemingly simple

Throughout her career, she published more than fifteen books of poetry, among the most important are: "That's Why We Live" (1952), "Questions to Oneself" (1954), "Salt" (1962), "A Hundred Joys" (1967), "Large Number" (1976), "People on the Bridge" (1986), "End and Beginning" (1993), and "Here" (2009). In addition to her poetry, she wrote essays where she also showed her sharp reflection

Her work is characterized by the combination of simple and accessible language with a deep and reflective background. This approach earned her, in addition to the Nobel, awards such as the Goethe (1991) and the Herder (1995), consolidating her as an essential voice of contemporary Polish and global poetry. Szymborska distinguished herself by her ability to reveal the extraordinary in the everyday, always with a tone both serious and subtly humorous, making her a key author to understand the poetry of the 20th century.

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