Authorities say the reclusive poet passed away Wednesday evening of lung cancer at her home in Krakow.
Syzmborska's style has been described as reflective and playful because of her approach to serious subjects such as war in Poland, death and torture.
She had published dozens of poems prior to winning the 1996 Nobel Prize for Literature.
The Associated Press says she had been working on several poems that an associate of Syzmborska says will be published in a book this year.
(Photo by Mariusz Kubik: Wisława Szymborska, born 2 July 1923 in Bnin, Poland. Polish poet and Nobel Prize winner. Seen here on 23 October 2009 in Cracow, Poland.)
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