Wojciech zagajewski biography

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by Wojciech Stanisławski

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Poland's Adam Zagajewski, 'poet of 9/11' dies aged 75

Polish poet Adam Zagajewski, known for his work focused on the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the US, died aged 75 on Sunday in Krakow, Polish media reported quoting his publisher. Born in 1945 in Lviv, Zagajewski was one of Poland's most celebrated contemporary authors, winning numerous awards and was short-listed for the Nobel Prize for literature. He had divided his time between Poland and the United States, where he taught literature at the University of Chicago and was known as "the poet of 9/11".

He earned the moniker after the New Yorker magazine selected one of his poems-"Try to Praise the Mutilated World"-for the final page of its special issue on the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US in 2001. "You've seen the refugees going nowhere, you've heard the executioners sing joyfully," reads the poem he wrote months before the Twin Towers fell. "You should praise the mutilated world." Zagajewski's poems and essays were laced with history but also humor, and he was known for shunning the limelight and poking fun at himself.

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After Adam

It’s been a year to the day since the unexpected death of Poland’s leading poet Adam Zagajewski. He was 75. Yesterday, sculptor Jonathan Hirschfeld sent me his retrospective, “Without Irony,” in the January/February issue of Britain’s PN Review. I can do no better, in the waning hours of the day, to include a few excerpts from his excellent tribute.It begins:

About a year ago Adam Zagajewski wrote to me, and now his words echo as only last words can.

Dear Jonathan,

Today I’m crying for Wojtek Pszoniak who just died. As you know, when you lose a friend there’s an avalanche of things that come to your mind. I knew Wojtek for 70 years, he was like a brother for me.

I’ve read your essay on Milosz, I like it very much, you’ve found a way to capture his essence not only in clay but also in words.

It’s a pity that we’ve lost contact years ago.Let’s hope that – at least – we can be in touch through words. I remember many beautiful moments in your study, with leafless trees outside or spring trees.

Love to all of your family,
Adam

Last March I received the news that Adam was very ill. Initially there were some grounds for hope, but
within barely a few weeks it was over. Suddenly it was I, struggling to restore coh