Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004) was a Polish poet, essayist, and diplomat. He published his first collection of poetry in 1934 in Poland. In 1960, he emigrated to the United States and became a professor of Polish literature at UC Berkeley. He is renowned for his poetry and essays that dealt with philosophical and political issues. His works condemned the accommodation of Polish intellectuals to communism. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980. Basia Trzetrzelewska (born 1954) is a Polish singer-songwriter. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she found international success with her Latin-influenced jazz-pop music in the US