Polish Nobel-winner Wislawa Szymborska awarded Poland's highest honour

January 18, 2011 Wislawa Szymborska, Poland’s Nobel literature laureate, has been awared the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest honour, in recognition of her contribution to the nation’s culture.

A film of Wislawa Szymborska reading her work was played alongside a live reading by Polish poet Ewa Lipska during the 41st Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam in June 2010.