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A. They had a few things in common. Their poetry won them Nobel Prizes in Literature, they both loved Cracow and had long fascinating lives. He emigrated to the USA, where he worked as professor of Slavic literature for twenty years. She lived and worked all her life in Cracow. They first met in person in 1989, but had admired each other's poetry for years. After he returned to Cracow in retirement, he was a regular guest at her famous dinner parties. When she won the Nobel Prize, he congratulated her and joked that he felt sorry for her because he knew from experience all the disadvantages of sudden fame. Indeed, she didn't like all the attention she got after 'the Stockholm tragedy' as her friends called the prize. But deep down, they were both proud that Polish poetry had again won praise and respect. (tekst dotyczy - Wisławy Szymborskiej i Czesława Miłosza)

B. They both received a Nobel Prize in Literature for their great talent as epic writers. The older one became a real national celebrity. His books helped the Poles keep up their spirit in partitioned Poland. He was so loved by Polish people that they bought him a house in Oblęgorek near Kielce. They younger one had several occupations - he worked as an actor and a railway worker, among other, before he started to make a living from writing. His most important piece of work The Peasants - an epic novel about social issues and promoted the independence of Poland, but only the author of The Peasants lived to see Poland become free again. (tekst dotyczy Henryka Sienkiewicza i Władysława Reymonta)

C. Marie Skłodowska-Curie discovered three radioactive elements: polonium, radium and uranium. She was the first woman the become a professor at the University of Paris. She helped build up X-ray ambulances for field hospitals in World War II. She died of a type anemia, which had developed from radiation exposure.

D. Lech Wałęsa co-founded the Solidarity trade union. He was one of the organisers of the 1980 strike in Gdynia Shipyard. He couldn't accept the Nobel Prize himself because he was under arrest. He won the first presidential election in Poland after the fall of communism.

Pytania dotyczące tekstu:
1. Where did Szymborska and Miłosz live?
2. What Nobel Prize did they receive?
3. How did Sienkiewicz books help Polish people?
4. Who emigrated and when?
5. What jobs did Reymont perform?
6. When did the writers of poetry meet?
7. What did epic writers have consideration for?
8. How did Polish society honour the entirety of work of outstanding writer?
9. Why did Miłosz feel sorry?
10. What was the most important Reymont work?
11. Which Polish Nobel Prize winner/winners didn’t enjoy celebrity status?
12. Which writer saw Polish independence?
13. What is Reymont's book about?
14. When was the first Nobel Prize awarded?
15. Who established Nobel Prizes?
16. Who spend most of his live abroad?
17. Who got the Nobel prize for one book?
18. Which winners were friends?
19. Who can receive a Nobel Prize?
20. Who organise dinner parties and who was a guest at them?