1923–2012
Wisława Szymborska
Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner
88years old at death
32,356days lived
89%of the people on this site died younger
Wisława Szymborska was born on 2 July 1923 and died on 1 February 2012, aged 88 years and 214 days. That is 32,356 days in all.
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