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Czesław Miłosz

Polish-american poet and nobel laureate (1911–2004).

Born November 30th, 1911 in Šeteniai, Šiauliai.

Died August 14th, 2004 at 92 years old in Kraków.

Occupations
diplomat, essayist, literary historian, pedagogue, poet, translator, university teacher, writer
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon