Urszula Kozioł (born 20 June 1931)[1] is a Polish poet. In 2011, she
was a recipient of the Silesius Poetry Award.Kozioł was born in
Rakówka, a village in Poland.[1] She attended high school in
Zamość[2] and graduated from the University of Wroclaw in
1953.[3]Her debut poetry collection was Gumowe klocki ("Blocks of
rubber", 1957), but her second, W rytmie korzeni ("In the Rhythm of
the Roots", 1963), is considered her breakthrough.[4] Of her 1963 poem
"Recipe for the Meat Course", translator Karen Kovacik writes that it
"functions simultaneously as an ars poetica and an ironic riposte to
those who believed a woman's place was in the kitchen" and "depict[s]
housework or domestic life through motifs of violence and
estrangement."[5]Her novel Postoje pamięci ("Stations of Memory",
1965) focuses on Mirka, the daughter of a teacher, growing up in a
small village during World War II. In his survey of Polish literature,
Czesław Miłosz wrote that it was "One of the most authentic
testimonies on the village".[6]
was a recipient of the Silesius Poetry Award.Kozioł was born in
Rakówka, a village in Poland.[1] She attended high school in
Zamość[2] and graduated from the University of Wroclaw in
1953.[3]Her debut poetry collection was Gumowe klocki ("Blocks of
rubber", 1957), but her second, W rytmie korzeni ("In the Rhythm of
the Roots", 1963), is considered her breakthrough.[4] Of her 1963 poem
"Recipe for the Meat Course", translator Karen Kovacik writes that it
"functions simultaneously as an ars poetica and an ironic riposte to
those who believed a woman's place was in the kitchen" and "depict[s]
housework or domestic life through motifs of violence and
estrangement."[5]Her novel Postoje pamięci ("Stations of Memory",
1965) focuses on Mirka, the daughter of a teacher, growing up in a
small village during World War II. In his survey of Polish literature,
Czesław Miłosz wrote that it was "One of the most authentic
testimonies on the village".[6]
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