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Tadeusz Różewicz
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Tadeusz Różewicz (9 October 1921 – 24 April 2014) was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator. He was a representative of the Columbus generation.
The Survivor
A human being is killed like an animalI saw:vans of crazy peoplewho will not be saved.
I am twenty-fourled to slaughterI survived.
Description: first words of the poem.
These are empty and unambiguous names:man and animallove and hateenemy and frienddarkness and light.
Quotes from poems and prose
A rose is a floweror the name of a dead girl.You can place a rose in a warm handor in the black earth.The red rose screamsthe golden-haired girl left in silence.
Rose
Don't keep your hands under the covers, it's ugly and unhealthy.
Card index
forget about usdon't ask about our youthleave us
Leave us
I don't believe in turning water into wineI don't believe in forgiveness of sinsI don't believe in bodily resurrection.
Lament
I have been writing for a very long timeI suddenly noticed that I don't have a pen in my hand
I have been writing
I was lying on the bed fully clothed and thinking about the fact that there were various pieces of furniture, books, and pictures hanging here, but it all made no sense. I'm lying here too and I don't make sense either.
New philosophical school
How good I am with youmy heart is beating so muchI thought human has no heart.
How good
ReallyI don't have time to endthis poemwho has time nowto write poems
Fragment
Quotes from interviews
For centuries, women have been raped in every war. It's even a pleasant activity, sometimes I would rape if I caught up. But my leg, my knee hurts.
''Interview with Tadeusz Różewicz in „Gazeta Wyborcza”
External links
Category:Poets from Poland
Category:Playwrights from Poland
Category:Translators from Poland
Category:Atheists
Category:1921 births
Category:2014 deaths