Biografie

Adam Zagajewski (b. 21 June 1945 in Lwów, Soviet Union (now Lviv, Ukraine)) is a Polish poet, novelist, and essayist. Subsequently lyrical on meta-physical and cultural problems.

He had lived in Paris since 1982. In 2002 he has moved to Kraków. His poem Try To Praise The Mutilated World, printed in The New Yorker, became famous after 9/11. He currently is a faculty member on the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought, and teaches two classes, one on fellow Polish poet Czes³aw Mi³osz.

Poetry

Tremor (1985)
Canvas (1991)
Mysticism for Beginners (1997)
Without End: New and Selected Poems (2002)
Eternal Enemies: Poems (2008)

Essays

Solidarity, Solitude (1990)
Two Cities (1995)

Poetry

Komunikat. Kraków, 1972.
Sklepy miêsne. Kraków, 1975.
List. Oda do wieloœci. Pairs, 1983.
Jechaæ do Lwowa. London, 1985.
P³ótno. Paris, 1990.
Ziemia ognista. Poznañ, 1994.
Trzej anio³owie. Kraków, 1998.
Pragnienie. Kraków, 1999.
Powrót. Kraków, 2003.
Anteny. Kraków 2005
Another Beauty (2000)

Prose

Ciep³o, zimno. Warszawa, 1975.
S³uch absolutny. Kraków, 1979.
Cienka kreska. Kraków, 1983.

Essays

Œwiat nieprzedstawiony. Kraków, 1974.
Drugi oddech. Kraków, 1978.
SolidarnoϾ i samotnoϾ. "Zeszyty literackie", 1986.
Dwa miasta. Pary¿-Kraków, 1991.
W cudzym piêknie. Poznañ, 1998.
Obrona ¿arliwoœci. Kraków, 2002.
Poeta rozmawia z filozofem. Warszawa, 2007.