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Zbigniew Herbert (Lviv, 1924 – Warsaw, 1998), Polish poet and essayist, is considered by critics to be one of the most remarkable figures in European literature of the second half of the 20th century. During the Stalinist regime in his country, he was repeatedly prevented from publishing due to his refusal to conform to official aesthetics. His first book of poetry, Struna swiatla (Struna of Light), dating from 1956. Several others followed, including the famous Pan Cogito (Mr. Cogito), from 1974. Considered a poet of the historical, the philosophical, the political and, at the same time, the individual, Herbert was also an excellent essayist, having the volume A Barbarian in the Garden, from 1962, or the essays collected in Still Life with Bridle, of 1993, and in Labyrinth by the SeaThe publication of 2000 helped solidify its enormous international reputation. A critic of New York Times He even stated: "In a just world, Zbigniew Herbert would have been awarded the Nobel Prize long ago."