Wislawa Szymborska, Nobel Prize Winner, Dies of Lung Cancer at 88
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Wislawa Szymborska, winter of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature, died of lung cancer on Wednesday in Krakow, Poland. She was 88.
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Wisława Szymborska: Kraków's Grand Dame of Poetry
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Wislawa Szymborska, Nobel-Winning Polish Poet, Dies at 88 - Israeli Culture
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Mozart of poetry' – DW – 02/02/2012
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Nobel Prize-winning Wisława Szymborska dies at 88
People on a Bridge: Poems - Wisława Szymborska - Google Books
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Wislawa Szymborska, Nobel-Winning Polish Poet, Dies at 88 - Israeli Culture
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Wisława Szymborska - New World Encyclopedia
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Wislawa Szymborska, Biography, Nobel Prize, & Facts
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5 Polish Writers Who Won the Nobel Prize in Literature, Article
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Wisława Szymborska's Nobel Prize Medal