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Article: POLISH POET WINS NOBEL IN LITERATURE.(NEWS)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- October 3, 1996
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Byline: Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska, described as ''the Mozart of poetry'' who combines ''the fury of Beethoven'' in her work, won the Nobel Prize in literature today.
Her work ranges from socialist realism to comparing Josef Stalin with the Abominable Snowman, and was the inspiration for the movie ''Red.'' Critics say she manages to be both deeply political and witty at the same time.
Ms. Szymborska, 73, is also a critic. The Nobel laureate, who appears frail and withdrawn but often flashes a twinkle in her eyes, lives in the Polish city of Krakow.
''I am very happy, I am honored, but at the ...