Orfeusz i Eurydyka
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Orfeusz i Eurydyka (Orpheus and Eurydice[1]) is a poetry collection by Czesław Miłosz. It was first published in 2003 in Polish and translated same year to English, German and Swedish.[2]
Like many of Miłosz's volumes of poetry, it is named after the key poem in the volume (first published in 2002 in Tygodnik Powszechny,[2] this one inspired by the Ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The poem is also a reply to Rainer Maria Rilke poem Orpheus, Euridike, Hermes.[3][4] The poem is a reflection on the death of Miłosz's wife.[5]
