What is Adam Zagajewski?
{{Infobox writer <!--For more information, see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]].--> | name = Adam Zagajewski | image = Adam Zagajewski 2014 in Stockholm.jpg | caption = Adam Zagajewski in 2014 | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|6|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lviv|Lwów]], [[Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland|Poland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|3|21|1945|6|21|df=y}} | death_place = [[Kraków]], [[Poland]] | occupation = {{flatlist| * Poet * essayist * translator }} | nationality = Polish | alma_mater = [[Jagiellonian University]] | notableworks= {{ubl|class=nowrap| |''[[Unseen Hand]]'' |''[[Another Beauty]]'' |''Słuch absolutny'' |''Asymetria''}} | awards = {{ubl| |[[Struga Poetry Evenings|Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath]] (2018) |[[Princess of Asturias Awards|Princess of Asturias Award]] (2017) |[[Griffin Poetry Prize|Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award]] (2016) |[[Heinrich Mann Prize]] (2015) |[[Neustadt International Prize for Literature]] (2004) |[[Vilenica Prize]] (1996) |[[Kościelski Award]] (1975)}} }} '''Adam Zagajewski''' (21 June 1945 – 21 March 2021) was a Polish [[poet]], [[novelist]], [[translator]], and [[essayist]]. He was awarded the 2004 [[Neustadt International Prize for Literature]]. He was thought to be a leading poet of the Generation of '68, or Polish New Wave (Polish: ''Nowa fala''), and one of Poland's most well known [[List of Polish-language poets|contemporary poets]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/adam-zagajewski |title=Adam Zagajewski – Poet |access-date=23 March 2019}}</ref> Zagajewski died on 21 March 2021 at the age of 75 in [[Kraków|Krakow]].<ref name=Death>{{Cite web |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/adam-zagajewski-polands-unassuming-poet-215801329.html |title=Adam Zagajewski: Poland's unassuming 'poet of 9/11' |date=21 March 2021 |last=Viatteau |first=Michel |website=[[Agence France-Presse]] |access-date=21 March 2021 |archive-date=22 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322002339/https://au.new