Literature Entropy | 31 Mar 2011
Czeslaw Milosz Year 2011 marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Czeslaw Milosz. Born in Szetejnie, in the heart of the Lithuanian wilderness, he was driven away by the tragic events of the 20th century, living consecutively in Warsaw, Krakow, Paris, and the United States, to return to Poland at the turn of the [...]
Czeslaw Milosz was a poet & writer of multiple achievements, also a prophet of liberation for whom the individual exercise of disabused memory came to constitute a spiritual vocation… – When everything was fine And the notion of sin had vanished And the earth was ready In universal peace To consume and rejoice Without creeds [...]
Life &Poetry Entropy | 18 Jun 2009
Czeslaw Milosz’s work is something so extraordinary in our epoch, that it seems to be a phenomenon that he has appeared on the surface of contemporary art from the mysterious depths of reality,” declared Krzysztof Dybciak in World Literature. “At a time when voices of doubt, deadness, and despair are the loudest; when writers are [...]
Poetry &Sprituality Entropy | 17 Mar 2009
This post is a continuation of the theme.. Pl also refer to Theodicy Czeslaw Milosz takes a different stance to angels in this poem, rather than having one named being represent an angel, Milosz generalizes the idea and creates a being that he describes as an angel without ever identifying it with that word. From [...]
I continue with Czeslaw Milosz’s poetry, which deals with the central issues of our time: The impact of history upon moral being, the search for ways to survive spiritual ruin in a ruined world. For me, in some ways, this poem is autobiographical. Account The history of my stupidity would fill many volumes. Some would [...]
Philosophy &Poetry Entropy | 04 Feb 2009
Czeslaw Milosz’s poetry is mostly autobiographical confessions dealing with the effects of exile, religious or metaphysical fragments, historical and literary analyses. Acclaimed as a Catholic poet, Milosz has also a strong “Pantheist” element in his work. They say someone has invented you but to me this does not sound convincing for humans has invented themselves [...]