Timeline of Key Events in Czesław Miłosz's Biography Atnaujinta: 2012-01-02 09:14:17

Timeline of Key Events in Miłosz's Biography

• 1911: born on June 30 in the manor at Šeteniai. Czesław Miłosz was the first son of Aleksander Miłosz and Weronika Kunat Miłosz.
• 1921–1929:  studying at Zygmunt August gymnasium in Vilnius.
• 1929–1934: student of the Faculty of the Law and Social Sciences at Vilnius University.
• 1931: first trip to Paris and the meeting with Oscar Milosz. A literature circle 'Žagarai' is formed in Vilnius.
• 1933: his first book 'Poem of the Frozen Time' is published in Vilnius.
• 1937: Miłosz moves to live in Warsaw and organizes conspiratorial life of literateurs during wartime.
• 1945–1951: works as a diplomat in the USA and France.
• 1951: on February 1, severs all ties with communist Poland. Miłosz was taken under the wing of Jurgis Giedraitis and the editorial office of 'Kultura', the journal published by emigrant Poles from the Literary Institute.
• 1953: book of poems 'The Captive Mind' about intellectual thinking in communist countries is released.
• 1955: autobiographical novel and a covert theological treatise, 'The Issa Valley', is published.
• 1958: 'Family Europe' is published, an essay about transformations in Central and Eastern Europe.
• 1960: begins work at the University of California in Berkeley as a professor.
• 1977: intellectual autobiography 'The Land of Ulro' is published.
• 1980: Miłosz receives Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1981: for the first time in 30 years, Miłosz visits Poland.
• 1981–1982: works as a professor at Harvard University.
• 1989: moves to live in Berkeley. 
• 1992: returns to Lithuania after 52 years and is awarded the title of VMU Honorary Doctor.
• 1993: moves to live in Kraków. Czesław Miłosz is now Honorary Citizen of Lithuania, Kraków and Kėdainiai, Honorary Doctor at many universities around the world and the winner of prestigious literary awards.
• 1995: Miłosz was awarded the Gediminas 2nd Degree Order of the Great Duchy of Lithuania.
• 2004: on August 14, dies in Kraków. Buried at the Bielany Monastery in Kraków.