His personal life aside, the big drama for him was the fact that the people he wrote for didn't really have much chance to read it. Sure, the underground press was well developed, but for most people getting Milosz's books wasn't easy at all. One couldn't even dream about reading his all works. Then, after 1989, his books were finally officially published - but at this point several of them were less relevant. For example one of his most famous works, The Captive Mind, had been written in 1951 - almost 40 years earlier, with clues and subtle references to some contemporary writers and situations. There was no way the readers of '89, especially more young ones, would appreciate it as much as those who the book was written for - and who couldn't read it then.