Talk:Wisława Szymborska

message: Since you claim Cracow Trial didn't take place-can I see sources ?--Molobo 00:00, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't say it didn't take place. I said it was not relevant to the article, at least not in the form you proposed. And, not that it matters, but: How am I supposed to provide sources for an event that allegedly did not place?! This is ridiculous! --Thorsten1 00:13, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  "Since it was a source of crtiticism of Szymborska in modern Poland by Polish catholic media I think it deserves to be mentioned." -- this sounds a lot like potential POV and agenda pushing. The article clearly points out that by the 1950s she began "gradually [growing estranged] from socialist ideology and renounced her earlier political work. Although she did not officially leave the party until 1966, she began to establish contacts with dissidents.." As far as the priests go -- I am the one who first hid that portion of text for lack of valid sourcing, as the sole reference cited (with no ISBN# or page numbers) for the accusations that Szymborska somehow abetted in the priests' receiving death sentences, which is what is clearly and overtly indicated, is not accessible (inaccessible) online, and has no exact text quotation and accompanying translation into English regarding the allegations against Szymborska. Quis separabit? 18:16, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Piotrus, the above applies to all editors. Quis separabit? 00:47, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not sure what you mean. Anyway, I added refs to that claim. It is a sad footnote in a history of an otherwise great person, and it should not be blown up from its small proportions. At the same time, as her most controversial or infamous deed, it seems notable. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 00:58, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Cracow Trial

message: I know Szymborska through English translations (three so far). I suspect that some of the comments on her style were written by non-English native speakers, so I did a little nip and tuck and added a few thoughts of my own. It's interesting how Szymborska's voice and tone is conveyed across other languages, and how people of different cultures share enthusiasm for her work. I think she's as important a poet as Elizabeth Bishop, perhaps more so because she's so quickly become internationally known. Is it premature to call Szymborska an influential poet? Sandover 02:34, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Szymborska's style and influence

message: "Szymborska is a miniaturist, whose compact poems often conjure large existential puzzles. Although most of Szymborska's poems are barely a page in length, they often touch on issues of ethical import". The first sentence already makes me cringe, but the second one is really idiotic. Almost _all_ modern poems are "barely a page" in length (and Szymborska's are probably still among the longer ones), so the statement is, at best, confusing. Secondly, who said that it takes many words to "touch on issues of ethical import"? More often than not, the "ethical import" of a problem is inversely proportional to the minimum amount of words required to describe it.   213.76.10.24 15:27, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What the...? 

message: I'm not sure, but it maybe a mistranslation. I've read "Some like poetry" in Russian, and it's not clear there whether there is 2/1000 people who like poetry or 2/1000 people who are poets.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.21.40.13 (talk) 16:44, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  About how many people care for the art 

message: For WP:POLAND - failed, due to insufficient inline citations and too short section about her works. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:26, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: B-class review

message: I'm troubled by the sentence in this section; 'Her reputation rests on a relatively small body of work, fewer than 350 poems'. It introduces a nice anecdotal quote but 350 poems is not a small body of work by any relative standard I can think of in the world of poetry. It is more than Sylvia Plath, T.S. Eliot and Philip Larkin for instance, who have the highest reputations. Can an editor consider this? I also think that it would be appropriate to include a line or two about her writing style since she is a Nobel Laureate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barway (talk • contribs) 02:27, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Themes 

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