Wisława Szymborska

Polish poet, nobel prize winner (1923-2012).

Born July 2nd, 1923 in Kórnik. [ref]

Died February 1st, 2012 at 88 years old in Kraków (lung cancer). [ref]

Occupations
critic, essayist, literary critic, mechanic, poet, translator, writer

Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare