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Meanwhile: Remembering Czeslaw Milosz, a poet worthy of protest:

In the 1970s, Czeslaw knew that the Soviet authorities in Poland were beginning to rehabilitate his reputation when an official reference work alluded to him - unmistakably, though not by name - as one of several poets in his generation who were of no particular significance.

Pictures from today's funeral ("Nastepne" means "Next").

In New Republic, "An Honest Description of Myself With a Glass of Whiskey at an Airport, Let Us Say, In Minneapolis"

Later: Poland Buries Nobel Poet Milosz Amid Controversy:

KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - Thousands of Poles turned out to mourn Nobel Prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz Friday, ignoring protests from a small group of conservatives who opposed his burial alongside national heroes.

Earlier this week, a handful of right-wingers demonstrated against plans to bury Milosz, who died on Aug. 14 at age 93, in the Crypt of Honor at a monastery in Krakow, saying he had betrayed Poland with his liberal views and a brief flirtation with communism.

The protests, supported by fringe nationalist media, embarrassed Polish authorities and delayed the decision on where the poet would be buried.

The protests were muzzled hours before the ceremony, when newspapers published a letter from Polish-born Pope John Paul II saying he shared the same spiritual goals as the poet.

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