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Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska
Wisława Szymborska, in Kraków, Poland 2011
Born	(1923-07-02)2 July 1923 Prowent, Poland (now Kórnik, Poland)
Died	1 February 2012(2012-02-01) (aged 88) Kraków, Poland
Occupation	Poet essayist translator
Nationality	Polish
Notable awards	Goethe Prize (1991) Herder Prize (1995) Nobel Prize in Literature (1996) Order of the White Eagle (2011)
Spouse	Adam Włodek (1948–1954; divorced)

Wisława Szymborska-Włodek, Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska [viˈswava ʂɨmˈbɔrska] (2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, and translator. She was the recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Szymborska was born in Prowent. She died on 1 February 2012 at home in Kraków from natural causes, aged 88.^[1]

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