He writes with insight and authority about the giants of Polish literature, Adam Mickiewicz from the 19th century and Czeslaw Milosz, the Nobel-prize winning poet who died in 2004.

关于波兰文坛巨人，19世纪的亚当•密茨凯维支以及死于2004年的诺贝尔奖得主诗人切斯瓦夫•米沃什，他表现出真知灼见和权威。

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It is a book-length poem by the Nobel-prize-winning author Czeslaw Milosz, who recently turned 90.

ECONOMIST: Translating poetry is impossible but worthwhile

Mr Milosz has helpfully supplied factual and reflective notes, which fill as many pages as the poem.

ECONOMIST: Translating poetry is impossible but worthwhile

The history of Polish verse, as Mr Milosz tells it here, is the history of much else as well.

ECONOMIST: Translating poetry is impossible but worthwhile