Adam Zagajewski

thumb|Adam Zagajewski in 2009 Adam Zagajewski (21 June 1945 – 21 March 2021) was a Polish poet, novelist, translator and essayist. His poem "Try To Praise The Mutilated World", printed in The New Yorker, became famous after the September 11 attacks. Quotes You’ve seen the refugees heading nowhere,you’ve heard the executioners sing joyfully.You should praise the mutilated world.Remember the moments when we were togetherin a white room and the curtain fluttered.Return in thought to the concert where music flared.You gathered acorns in the park in autumnand leaves eddied over the earth’s scars.Praise the mutilated worldand the gray feather a thrush lost,and the gentle light that strays and vanishesand returns. Try to Praise the Mutilated World, http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2001/09/24/010924po_poem_zagajewski Try to Praise the Mutilated World September 11, 2011 Adam Zagajewski The New Yorker September 24, 2001 Our life is ordinary,I read in a crumpled paperabandoned on a bench.Our life is ordinary,the philosophers told me. Ordinary Life, http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2007/11/26/071126po_poem_zagajewski Ordinary Life September 11, 2011 Adam Zagajewski The New Yorker November 26, 2007 December, herald of destruction,takes you on a long strollthrough the black torsos of treesand leaves scorched in autumn’s fire,as if to say: so much then foryour secrets and your treasures,the fervent trill of small birds,the promises of summer months. December. Don't allow the lucid moment to dissolveLet the radiant thought last in stillnessthough the page is almost filled and the flame flickersWe haven't risen yet to the level of ourselves. Don't Allow The Lucid Moment To Dissolve. Probably I am an ordinary middle-classbeliever in individual rights, the word"freedom" is simple to me, it doesn't meanthe freedom of any class in particular. Fire. External links Biography at Culture.pl Category:Essayists from Poland Category:Poets from Poland Category:1945 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Novelists from Poland Category:Translators from Poland