What is Wisława Szymborska?
{{Infobox writer | name = Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska | image = Szymborska 2011 (1).jpg | imagesize=200px | caption = Wisława Szymborska, in [[Kraków]], Poland 2011 | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|7|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Prowent, Poland (now [[Kórnik]], Poland) | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|2|1|1923|7|2|df=y}} | death_place = Kraków, Poland | occupation = {{Flatlist| * [[Poet]] * essayist * [[Translation|translator]]}} | nationality = [[Poles|Polish]] | spouse = Adam Włodek (1948–1954; divorced) | awards = {{Plainlist| * {{nowrap|[[Goethe Prize]] (1991)}} * {{nowrap|[[Herder Prize]] (1995)}} * {{nowrap|[[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (1996)}}<!-- do not add image icons such as nobel peace, see [[:Template:Infobox writer]] --> * {{nowrap|[[Order of the White Eagle (Poland)|Order of the White Eagle]] (2011)}}}} }} {{nobelprize|Literature}} '''Wisława Szymborska-Włodek''', Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska {{IPAc-pl|v|i|'|s|ł|a|w|a|-|sz|y|m|'|b|o|r|s|k|a}} (2 July 1923&nbsp;– 1 February 2012) was a [[Poles|Polish]] [[poet]], [[essay|essayist]], and [[Translation|translator]]. She was the recipient of the 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]. Szymborska was born in [[Prowent]]. She died on 1 February 2012 at home in [[Kraków]] from [[natural causes]], aged 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmf24.pl/kultura/news-nie-zyje-wislawa-szymborska,nId,432138|title=Dates of birth and death for Wisława Szymborska|publisher=Rmf24.pl|accessdate=3 February 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{Nobel Prize in Literature}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Szymborska, Wislawa}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:Polish essayists]] [[Category:Polish poets]] [[Category:Polish Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:Polish translators]] {{bio-stub}}