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Czeslaw Milosz 2004 Deaths

Czeslaw MiloszAge: 93 Polish essayist and poet who won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. Many of his early poems poignantly recall the horrors of World War II and the Nazi occupation of…

Jan Miner 2004 Deaths

Jan MinerAge: 86 actress best known for playing Madge the manicurist in Palmolive commercials. Died: Bethel, Conn., Feb. 15, 2004Czeslaw MiloszM - QThomas Moorer

Ann Miller 2004 Deaths

Ann MillerAge: 81 athletic tap dancer who appeared in a string of films in the 1940s and 1950s, including Kiss Me Kate and On the Town. She made a splash with her 1979 comeback, Broadway's…

2004 Deaths: M - Q

William ManchesterNino ManfrediAgnes MartinAlberta MartinBrian MaxwellSir Richard MayMercedes McCambridgeTug McGrawMary McGroryNorris McWhirterRuss MeyerAnn MillerCzeslaw MiloszJan…

Nobel Prize for Literature

The Most Famous Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize for Literature, one of the six international awards administered by the Nobel Foundation, honors outstanding achievement in letters. The estate…

Poetry Month | Notable Poets

// Cite   Auden, Byron, Chaucer, and more     A-B | C-D | E-H | J-M | N-R | S-T | U-Z   Amiri Baraka   Abu Nuwas Addison, Joseph Aidoo, Ama Ata Aiken, Conrad…

Miłosz, Czesław

(Encyclopedia) Miłosz, CzesławMiłosz, Czesławchĕsˈwäf mēˈwŏsh [key], 1911–2004, poet, essayist, and novelist, b. Szetejnie, Lithuania (then in Russia). Widely considered the greatest contemporary…

1980 Olympic Cycling Results

Event     Individual Road Race (117 1/2 miles) Sergey Sukoruchenkov, URS 4:48.28   Czeslaw Lang, POL 4:51.26   Yuriy Barinov, URS 4:51.26 100 km Road Team Time Trial…

1972 Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Results

Class   Light-Flyweight (-105 3/4 lb) Gheorg Berceanu, ROM   Rahim Ahabadi, IRI   Stefan Anghelov, BUL Flyweight (-114 1/2 lb) Petar Kirov, BUL   Koichiro Hirayama, JPN…

1976 Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Results

Class   Light-Flyweight (-105 3/4 lb) Alexey Shumakov, URS   Gheorge Berceanu, ROM   Stefan Anghelov, BUL Flyweight (-114 1/2 lb) Vitaly Konstantinov, URS   Nicu Ginga,…