The exhibition presentedthe body of Szymborska's literary work as well as a study of her creative process, and was scheduled to run through January 31, but due to public demand, was extended through February 14, 1997. Wislawa Szymborska is the sixth Polish Nobel Prize winner in the history of the Nobel awards. The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Henryk Sienkiewicz in 1905, Wladyslaw Reymont in 1924, and Czeslaw Milosz in 1980. Lech Walesa was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1983. She has written some 250 extraordinary poems.
Poetry is exceptionally difficult to visualize.
It should be read, but not in one breath. One can listen to it, reflect over it, recall it and repeatedly reach for it. We addressed the exhibition to lovers and connoisseurs of Szymborska's poetry, but we also know that Not everybody likes poetry . A collection of printed materials, photographs, and manuscripts is desplayed in the exhibition. The exhibition also presents Szymborska's creative process, involving the choice and polishing of words, and the shaping of poems.