Anna 艢wirszczy艅ska (Author of Talking to My Body)

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Anna 艢wirszczy艅ska

Born

in Warsaw, Poland

February 07, 1909

Died

September 30, 1984

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Anna 艢wirszczy艅ska (also known as Anna Swir) was a Polish poet whose works deal with themes including her experiences during World War II, motherhood, the female body, and sensuality.

艢wirszczy艅ska 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. Czes艂aw Mi艂osz 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 ...more

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	Talking to My Body by Anna 艢wirszczy艅ska, Czes艂aw Mi艂osz (Translator), Leonard Nathan (Translator) 4.43 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Building The Barricade and Other Poems by Anna 艢wirszczy艅ska, Piotr Florczyk (Translator) 4.53 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1974 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jestem baba 4.44 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1972 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jestem gotowa 4.47 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happy As a Dog's Tail by Anna 艢wirszczy艅ska, Czes艂aw Mi艂osz (translator), Leonard Nathan (translator) 4.37 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jeszcze kocham. Zapiski intymne 3.07 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fat Like The Sun by Anna 艢wirszczy艅ska, Gra偶yna Baran 4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poezje zebrane by Anna 艢wirszczy艅ska, Adam Pluszka (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), Aldona Kopkiewicz (Afterword) 4.89 avg rating — 19 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wyb贸r wierszy 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jak myszy zjad艂y Popiela 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1963 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Anna 艢wirszczy艅ska (?)

“I envy you. Every moment. You can leave me. I cannot leave myself.”
― Anna Swirszczynska

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“Our embrace lasted too long.
We loved right down to the bone.

I hear the bones grind, I see
our two skeletons.”
― Anna Swir

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“You will not tame this sea
either by humility or rapture.
But you can laugh
in its face.
Laughter
was invented by those
who live briefly
as a burst of laughter.
The eternal sea
will never learn to laugh.”
― Anna Swir, Talking to My Body

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