Adam Zagajewski

Adam Zagajewski(1945-2021) was one of Poland’s most distinguished contemporary poets. Among his honors and awards are a fellowship from the Berliner Kunstlerprogramm, the Kurt Tucholsky Prize, a Prix de la Liberté, a Guggenheim fellowship, and the Neustadt Literary Prize. His poetry books in English include Without End: New and Selected Poems; Unseen Hand; and Eternal Enemies. His works in prose include Two Cities; Another Beauty; Solidarity, Solitude; and In Defense of Ardor. Zagajewski taught at the University of Chicago and divided his time between Chicago and Krakow.