Wislawa Szymborska
Banquet speech

Wisława Szymborska delivering her speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 1996.
© Nobel Foundation. Photo: Bo Jonsson.
Wisława Szymborska’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1996 (in French)
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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