Leszek Marek Długosz (born 18 June 1941 in

Zaklików Zaklików () is a town in Poland, located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in Stalowa Wola County (since 1999). It is located SSE of Warsaw and from Lublin. For about 300 years of its early history Zaklików was incorporated as a city, but it lo ...

) is a Polish actor, poet, writer and composer. For many years he has been a member of

cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or d ...

" Piwnica pod Baranami", one of the most famous cabarets during the times of

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. Leszek Długosz studied at the

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

(''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'') in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

(

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Polish studies Polish studies, or Polonistics ( pl, filologia polska, or ''polonistyka'') is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates the Polish language and Polish literature in both historic and present-day forms. In the United State ...

) and Polish Higher School of Theater (''Polska Wyższa Szkoła Teatralna'') (major in

acting Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor or actress who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode. Acting involves a broad r ...

). He has studied

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since childhood and started his public performances at the Jagiellonian University’s Theater Hefajstos. In 1963 he won the Student's Song Competition (''Festiwal Piosenki Studenckiej'') in Kraków, and a year later he joined the cabaret "Piwnica Pod Baranami". His debut as a poet took place in 1973 with the publication of ''Lekcje Rytmiki''. In 1978 he began a career of solo performances. He has since published many poetry and lyrics books, and has issued several CDs. He is the leader of an informal Kraków Poetic Club. He has performed around the world.

Honours

* Silver

Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be int ...

(2006) * Commander's Cross of the

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on al ...

(2016)

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Leszek Długosz
Discography 1941 births Living people Jagiellonian University alumni Sung poetry of Poland Polish male actors Polish composers Polish male writers Polish poets Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta People from Stalowa Wola County {{Poland-poet-stub