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Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner (1923–2012)

Also known as: Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska, Szymborska, Wislawa Szymborska, Вислава Шимборская, فيسوافا شيمبورسكا, 비스와바 심보르스카

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