Wislawa Szymborska
Banquet speech
Wislawa Szymborska’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1996 (in French)
Wislawa Szymborska delivering her speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 1996.
© Nobel Foundation. Photo: Bo Jonsson.
Personne n’a de routine de recevoir le Prix Nobel. De même personne n’a de routine d’en exprimer sa reconnaissance. Dans ma langue maternelle, comme dans chaque langue d’ailleurs, il y a beaucoup de mots jolis au choix. Mais il me semble qu’à cette occasion le mot le plus simple a le plus de sérieux et de sens: Merci, dziêkujê, tack.
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