Magda Umer (; born Małgorzata Magda Umer, October 9, 1949) is a

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singer and performer of

sung poetry Sung poetry is a broad and imprecise music genre widespread in European countries, such as Poland and the Baltic States, to describe songs consisting of a poem (most often a ballad) and music written specially for that text. The compositions usu ...

, journalist, author, film director, screenwriter, actress, and author of recitals.

Biography

She was born to Edward Umer, the head of the Special Section of the

Main Directorate of Information of the Polish Army ''Główny Zarząd Informacji Wojska Polskiego'' (''GZI WP'' - "Main Directorate of Information of the Polish Army"), was a name of a first military Police and counter-espionage organ of the Polish People's Army in communist Poland during and aft ...

Tkaczew Władysław: ''Organa informacji Wojska Polskiego w latach 1943–1956. Kontrwywiad wojskowy.'' Warsaw: Bellona, 2007, page 42. . and Stanisława Umer. Her father was

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

, son of Otylia and Wincenty Umer, brother of

Adam Humer Adam Teofil Humer (born either 1917 or 1908, in Camden, USA – died November 2001 in Warsaw) was a Polish communist activist and high-ranking official of the Ministry of Public Security of Poland (deputy director of Investigations Bureau). Known ...

. Both of Magda Umer's parents were

atheists Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

; she converted to

Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...

as an adult. Her godmother was actress

Kalina Jędrusik Kalina Jędrusik (5 February 1930 in Częstochowa – 7 August 1991 in Warsaw) was a Polish singer and actress. She performed in more than thirty films from 1953 to 1991. Jędrusik was married to writer Stanisław Dygat. Biography Kalina ...

. She graduated from

Klement Gottwald Klement Gottwald (; 23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953–titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman from ...

High School in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

(now the Stanisław Staszic High School). Later she studied at the Faculty of Polish Philology at

Warsaw University The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

. She made her debut in the late 1960s by singing in student cabarets. Magda Umer has two sons, Mateusz and Franciszek.

Awards and honors

She is a winner of the Opole Song Festival. By order of the President of the Republic of 15 December 2000 "for outstanding contribution to the activities of the student movement, for achievements in social work" Umer was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Restoration of Poland.

Discography

Studio albums

Collaborative albums

Compilation albums

Video albums

References

External links

Official websiteDiscography
on poezja-spiewana.pl 1949 births Converts to Roman Catholicism from atheism or agnosticism Living people Musicians from Warsaw Polish women singers Polish people of Jewish descent Polish Roman Catholics University of Warsaw alumni {{Poland-singer-stub