Czeslaw milosz biography channel

Czeslaw Milosz was Born in Szetejnie, Lithuania in Fleeing Communist Poland in he wrote extensively as an émigré in the west. His writings and poetry deal extensively with the rise and consequences of totalitarianism.

Czeslaw milosz biography channel

For his poetry, the Nobel Prize committee awarded him the Nobel Prize for Literature in

Czeslaw Milosz was brought up in Lithuania to a family with an ancient lineage, stretching back to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a medieval state that stretched from the Baltic to the Black Sea.

It was noted for its religious and cultural tolerance and Czeslaw Milosz often wistfully referred to this idealised time, when art could flourish undisturbed by adverse political consequences.

As a young man, he became interested in writing and became part of a modern movement seeking to revitalise Polish literature.

However, his literary career was interrupted by the Nazi occupation. As a committed Socialist Czeslaw took part in activities of the resistance, engaged in fighting the Nazi