Literature
Czesław Miłosz
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Studied here
Pranciškus Smuglevičius Hall
The future Nobel laureate studied at the university and later recorded the hall’s partition-table legend in his memoirs.
Commemorated here
Stairs of Czesław Miłosz
The stairway commemorates him through inscriptions from his poetry and his carved signature.
Created here
Żagary Editorial Office
He was an active member of the Żagary circle associated with this editorial office and published his first poetry collection in 1933.
Traces in other cities
- Krakow
- Crypt of Merit at Skałka
- Krakow
- House of Writers on Krupnicza Street — Miłosz was among the writers accommodated at Krupnicza 22 during its years as Kraków's communal literary centre.
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