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Czesław Miłosz
A Polish-Lithuanian poet and writer, Nobel laureate. After World War II, he worked in the diplomatic service of communist Poland, and in 1951, he sought political asylum in the West. In his famous essay collection "The Captive Mind", he brilliantly analyzed the mechanisms of adaptation to totalitarianism and the spiritual capitulation of Eastern European intellectuals.
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Česlovas Milošas (Czesław Miłosz)
Lietuvos lenkų kilmės poetas, rašytojas, Nobelio premijos laureatas. Po Antrojo pasaulinio karo dirbęs komunistinės Lenkijos diplomatinėje tarnyboje, 1951 m. jis pasiprašė politinio prieglobsčio Vakaruose. Savo garsiojoje esė knygoje „Pavergtas protas“ jis genialiai išanalizavo Rytų Europos intelektualų prisitaikymo prie totalitarizmo mechanizmus ir dvasinę kapituliaciją.
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