A Treatise on Poetry

A Treatise on Poetry
by Czesław Miłosz
Original titleTraktat poetycki
TranslatorRobert Hass
Written1955–1956
CountryFrance
LanguagePolish
PublisherInstytut Literacki
Publication date1957 (1957)
Published in English2001 (2001)

A Treatise on Poetry (Polish: Traktat poetycki) is book-length poem in Polish by Nobel Prize-winning poet Czesław Miłosz on Polish literature, poetry and history from 1900 to 1949. Written in 1955 and 1956, it was first published in book form in 1957 and won that year's literary prize from Kultura. The Treatise is considered one of Miłosz's greatest works.

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