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Poems, Letters, Drawings

Cyprian Norwid

Translated by Jerzy Peterkiewicz

Series: Poetry Pléiade
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    • Cyprian Norwid
    Cyprian Kamil Norwid was born in 1821 near Warsaw. Largely self-taught, he left Poland at the age of 21, moving widely around Europe, befriended by Chopin among others, before travelling to America. Persistently dogged by financial crises, he was forced to return to Paris in 1854. There he spent the rest ... read more
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