Emperor of the Earth : modes of eccentric vision

Overview: CZESŁAW MIŁOSZ (1911-2004) was a Polish poet, prose writer, translator and diplomat of Lithuanian origin. Among his many international honors, he was awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature for having voiced "with uncompromising clear-sightedness . . . man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts." A collection of essays the deals with subjects taken from Slavic literatures. It opens with a true story, "Brognart", which is a confession of the author's remorse based on conflict with French intellectuals. It features: "Science Fiction and the Coming of the Antichrist"; "Krasinski's Retreat"; and, "Joseph Conrad's Father".