Poetic Obituaries: During a five-decade career, Polish poet

Wislawa Szymborska had so rarely appeared in public that a newspaper dubbed her the "Greta Garbo of poetry" after the notoriously private actress.

But in 1996, Poland's most reticent literary icon was forced to open her door to the world: She had won the Nobel Prize in literature and the world was clamoring for her reaction.

from Los Angeles Times: Wislawa Szymborska dies at 88; Nobel-winning Polish poet
then Associated Press: Poland's 1996 Nobel poet Szymborska dies at 88
then The Hindu: 1923-2012--A poet's moorings
then The New Yorker; Back Issues: Reading List: Wislawa Szymborska
then The Washington Post: Wislawa Szymborska, a Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet, dies at 88
then Slate: Wislawa Szymborska, 1923-2012: The Szymborska Poem Above My Desk

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