Wislawa Szymborska

Banquet speech

Wisława Szymborska’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1996 (in French)

Wislawa Szymborska Nobel Banquet speech 1996

Wisława 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.

From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 1996, Editor Tore Frängsmyr, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 1997
Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 1996

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