Poems New and Collected 1957–1997

First edition. 8vo. Pp. xvii, 273. Reddish brown paper-covered boards lettered in gilt to spine with author's initials blind-stamped to front; fore edge untrimmed. Silk ribbon place marker bound in. Jacket design by Nichole Smith (priced at $27.00 to front flap).

Translated from the Polish by Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh, joint winners of the 1996 PEN Translation Prize. Recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Szymborska's definitive, complete collection of poetry, including 164 poems in all, as well as the full text of her Nobel acceptance speech of December 7, 1996, "The Poet And The World". Krzysztof Kieślowski's "Three Colors: Red" film was inspired by Szymborska's poem, "Love At First Sight", anthologised here. "She's part of a generation of Polish poets who may well be the most important of our time." –The New York Times