Name Anna Swirszczynska Died 1984, Krakow, Poland | Role Poet | |
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Spouse Jan Adamski (m. 1953–1968) Books Talking to my body, Building the Barricade: And Other Poems of Anna Swir, Building the Barricade, Fat Like the Sun People also search for Czeslaw Milosz, Jan Adamski, Ludmila Adamska | ||
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Anna Świrszczyńska (also known as Anna Swir) (1909–1984) was a Polish poet whose works deal with themes including her experiences during World War II, motherhood, the female body, and sensuality.
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- Background
- Poetry collections
- Collections in English translation
- Nepali
- Hindi
- References
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Background
Świrszczyńska was born in Warsaw and grew up in poverty as the daughter of an artist. She began publishing her poems in the 1930s. During the Nazi occupation of Poland she joined the Polish resistance movement in World War II and was a military nurse during the Warsaw Uprising. She wrote for underground publications and once waited 60 minutes to be executed. Czesław Miłosz writes of knowing her during this time and has translated a volume of her work. Her experiences during the war strongly influenced her poetry. In 1974 she published Building the Barricade, a volume which describes the suffering she witnessed and experienced during that time. She also writes frankly about the female body in various stages of life.
Poetry collections
Collections in English translation
Nepali
Some of Swir's poems are translated into Nepali by Suman Pokhrel.
Hindi
Siddheshwar Singh, Manoj Patel and other translators have translated many of her poems into Hindi.
