Zbigniew Herbert
Author · 2 books
Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998) was a Polish poet and essayist. Born in Lviv, he experienced the Soviet and later German occupations as a schoolboy and joined the Polish resistance in 1943. From 1956 onward, he published poetry and essays. His travels through Italy, France, and Greece informed his engagement with European culture. Herbert died in Warsaw in 1998 and is regarded as one of the major European poets of the 20th century.