Szymborska's style is succinct and marked by introspection and wit. Szymborska's compact poems often conjure large existential puzzles, touching on issues of ethical import, and reflecting on the condition of people both as individuals and as members of human society. Szymborska frequently employs literary devices such as irony, paradox, contradiction, and understatement, to illuminate philosophical themes and obsessions. In Poland, her books reach sales rivaling prominent prose authors-although she once remarked in a poem entitled "Some like poetry" that no more than two out of a thousand people care for the art. She was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Szymborska's compact poems often conjure large existential puzzles, touching on issues of ethical import, and reflecting on the condition of people both as individuals and as Wisława Szymborska (Polish pronunciation:, born Jin Kórnik, Poland) is a Polish poet, essayist, and translator. Wisława Szymborska (Polish pronunciation:, born Jin Kórnik, Poland) is a Polish poet, essayist, and translator.
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