Lucjan Kydryński (6 January 1929 in

Grudziądz Grudziądz (, ) is a city in northern Poland, with 92,552 inhabitants (2021). Located on the Vistula River, it lies within the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and is the fourth-largest city in its province. Grudziądz is one of the oldest citie ...

– 9 September 2006 in

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) was a Polish journalist and writer, radio and TV program host. His activities include writing satire for ''

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'', being the host of the

National Festival of Polish Song in Opole The National Festival of Polish Song in Opole (, KFPP), commonly known as the Opole Festival () is an annual music festival in Opole, Poland. Together with the Sopot Festival it is one of the two most important music festivals in Poland. The Op ...

and

Sopot Festival The Sopot International Song Festival or Sopot Festival (later called ''Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix'', ''Sopot Top of the Top Festival'' from 2012–13 and ''Polsat Sopot Festival'' in 2014) is an annual international song contest held in So ...

. On 14 September 2006, Polish President

Lech Kaczyński Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010 in an air crash. The aircraft carrying ...

posthumously awarded Lucjan Kydryński with the Officer's Cross of the

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta (, ) 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 alien (law), foreigners for outstanding achievements in ...

for his contributions to

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Family

Wife: Halina Kunicka, singer, son:

Marcin Kydryński Marcin (Polish pronunciation: ) is a male given name or surname. It is the Polish equivalent of the English name Martin; the female version is Martyna. Notable people with the name Marcin include: Given name * Marcin Adamski (born 1975), Polish f ...

, music journalist, producer, composer, songwriter,

Anna Maria Jopek Anna Maria Jopek (born 14 December 1970) is a Polish vocalist, songwriter, and improviser. She represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Ale jestem" and finished 11th out of 25 participat ...

, musician and singer, wife of Marcin Kydryński.

Bibliography

*''Przejazdem przez życie...: kroniki rodzinne'', Kraków, 2005,

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, * ''Przewodnik operetkowy: wodewil, operetka, musical'' *'' Marek i Wacek – historia prawdziwa'', 1990, *''Przewodnik po filmach muzycznych'', 2000, ''

Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne The PWM Edition (, abbreviated as PWM) is a music publishing house based in Kraków, Poland. It was founded in 1945 and was the only music publisher in Poland for several years. In 2012 it released the twelfth volume of ''Encyclopedia of Music'', ...

'', *''Gershwin'', 1998, ''Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne'', *''Jan Strauss'', Polskie Wydawnictwa Muzyczne, 1979 *''Opera na cały rok'', Kraków, 1989

References

1929 births 2006 deaths People from Grudziądz Polish male writers Polish radio journalists Polish television journalists Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta 20th-century Polish journalists {{poland-bio-stub