Template:Did you know nominations/Karol Hubert Rostworowski
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The result was: promoted by EncycloPetey (talk) 06:55, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
Karol Hubert Rostworowski[edit]
- ... that the book Niespodzianka (Surprise), about a filicide of a prodigal son returning from America, was regarded as Karol Hubert Rostworowski's greatest achievement by Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz?
Created/expanded by Cezary Baryka (talk). Self nom at 18:42, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
- ALT1:... that the story about the filicide of a prodigal son returning from America, was regarded as the greatest achievement of writer Karol Hubert Rostworowski (pictured) by Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz?
- The article length checks out. I'm a little concerned that both hooks (and, for the record, I have no preference) are a little wordy - coming up to 196 characters, they could nearly be struck off as being too long. Also, the source does not say that Surprise is his greatest achievement - the book refers to the book being what he is most remembered for. I guess that's close enough, so I won't push this point... Arctic Night 20:29, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for the review, Arctic Night. I really appreciate that. Speaking of what Miłosz said about Rostworowski, I really don't know how else to interpret his statement other than to quote him directly. Miłosz said: "...He was fond of taking historical personalities as his heroes, for instance, Judas Iscariot or the Emperor Caligula. Yet he is most remembered for his naturalistic tragedy in prose, Surprise (Niespidzianka, 1928), subtitled A True Event in Four Acts..." (Emphasis mine.) The hanging question is: "most remembered" by whom exactly? Miłosz doesn't say. I assume that, this was Miłosz's way of saying, it was the best book he wrote. But let's try something else. Here's an alternative hook. — Cezary Baryka 02:10, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
- ALT2: ... that in the words of Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz, Karol Hubert Rostworowski (pictured) is most memembered for his naturalistic tragedy about the filicide of a prodigal son returning from America?
