Wisława Szymborska Age, Birthday, Zodiac Sign and Birth Chart

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Wisława Szymborska was a renowned Polish poet, essayist, and translator, born on July 2, 1923, in Prowent, near Poznań, and died on February 1, 2012, in Kraków. She was one of the few women and the fourth Polish literary figure to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, following Henryk Sienkiewicz, Władysław Reymont, and Czesław Miłosz. Starting to write poetry at age four, Szymborska published about 350 poems in eleven collections. The Nobel Prize committee acknowledged her work for its precise and ironic reflection on historical and biological contexts of human reality.

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July 2, 1923 Facts

Generation Group

Wisława Szymborska belongs to the GI Generation group.

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Place of Birth: Kórnik

Place of Death: Kraków

Cause of Death: lung cancer

Educated At: Jagiellonian University

Occupation: writer | essayist | critic | literary critic | translator | mechanic | poet

Spouses: Adam Włodek

Awards Received: Goethe Prize | Nobel Prize in Literature | Knight of the Order of the White Eagle | honorary doctor of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | Gold Cross of Merit | Golden Medal for Merit to Culture | City of Kraków Award | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize | Kościelski Award | Herder Prize

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Astrology Analysis

Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.