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Legends of Modernity Paperback - 2006

by Czeslaw Milosz

Now available in English for the first time, this collection brings together some of noted poet Czeslaw Milosz's early essays and letters, composed in German-occupied Warsaw during the winter of 1942-43.


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  • Title Legends of Modernity
  • Author Czeslaw Milosz
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl, NEW YORK
  • Date 2006-10-03
  • Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780374530464 / 0374530467
  • Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.04 x 5.22 x 0.74 in (20.42 x 13.26 x 1.88 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • New York Times, 12/17/2006, Page 28

About the author

Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) was the winner of the 1978 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. His last book was To Begin Where I Am (FSG, 2001). He is the author of numerous works, many of which have been translated into English, including Beginning with My Streets (FSG, 1992), The Year of the Hunter (FSG, 1994), Road-side Dog (FSG, 1998) Milosz's ABC's (FSG, 2001) and To Begin Where I Am (FSG, 2001).

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