Herbert, who looks at the cathedral tower
Herbert, who looks at the cathedral tower

Summary/Abstract: Lviv, the city of Zbigniew Herbert’s childhood, is a chapter that has never ended. It is something that once and for all acquired a metaphysical form for him. Herbert resolutely separated it from the chapter of his life almost immediately after leaving the city. Yet, the poem “My city”, written in his notes in the 1950s, has a dedication: “For my city, in which I will not die…”

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