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Wacław Waldemar Michalski (born 27 September 1938 in Volodymyr-Volynskyi) is a Polish poet, librarian, editor, curator and critic.

Biography

Waldemar Michalski studied Polish Philology at the

John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin ( pl, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, la, Universitas Catholica Lublinensis Ioannis Pauli II, abbreviation KUL), established in 1918. It is the only private college in Poland with the s ...

, which he finished in 1963 with the

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. At the same time he became a member of the literary group "Prom", later, along with Wacław Oszajca, also the group "Signum". His prose debut was in "Tygodnik Społeczno-Kulturalny Katolików" with a report on Polish people in Lviv ("Polacy ziemi lwowskiej"), as a poet in 1960 in the almanac "Biuletyn Młodego Twórcy" with the poem "Poezja Starego Miasta". From 1962 to 1985 he was curator of the University Library at the Catholic University of

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

, from 1977 lecturer for Polish Language and Culture. Since 1978 Michalski Member and in 1986 the board of the Polish Writers' Union. Since 1985 he has been secretary of the literary magazine " Akcent". His texts and reviews published in numerous magazines. In 1995 he was with

Bogusław Wróblewski Bogusław Wróblewski (born 1955 in Lubartów Lubartów () is a town in eastern Poland, with 23,000 inhabitants (2004), situated in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the capital of Lubartów County and the Lubartów Commune. Historically it belongs to ...

and Bohdan Zadura initiator establishing the East Cultural Foundation "Akcent" and is the secretary. Waldemar Michalski also published under the pseudonyms WM, Wacław Volynsky Wam, Wami.

Poetry

* Pejzaż rdzawy, Lublin 1973 * Ogród, Lublin 1977 * Głosy na wersety, Lublin 1979 * Pod znakiem wagi, Lublin 1987 * Będziesz jak piołun. Wybór wierszy, Lublin 1991 * Lekcja wspólnego język, wiersze, Lublin 1999 * Tryptyk z gwiazdą. Wiersze i przekłady. Lublin 2006Books
/ref> * Bariera timpului nu exista. Culegere de poezii, Translation into Romanian by Alexandru G. Serban, Jasi 2012 * Z podróży na Wschód, Toronto 2013

Prizes and awards (selection)

* Prizes at "Łódzka Wiosna Poetów" (1969, 1971, 1976, 1977) * Czechowicz Literature Prize, 1968 und 1974 * Literature Prize "Głos Nauczycielski", 1989 * Main Prize at J.-Łobodowski-Literature competition, 1999 *

Zasłużony Działacz Kultury The honorary badge Meritorious Activist of Culture ( pl, Zasłużony Działacz Kultury) was a departmental decoration of Poland in Arts awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland to persons and organizations ...

, 1977 * Witold Hulewicz Prize, 2006 * Culture Prize of the Province Lublin, 2007 * Special Prize of the Minister of Culture: „W uznaniu zasług dla Kultury Polskiej”, 2008 * Srebrna Odznaka Zasłużonemu dla Lublina, 1988 * Medal Wschodniej Fundacji Kultury Akcent, 1998 * Cross of Merit/Złoty Krzyż Zasługi, 1990 and 2005 * Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis/Medal Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis, 2009 * Złoty Wawrzyn Literacki, 2012 * Culture Prize of the City Lublin, 2012

References

External links

Lexicon Lublin

Website of Polish Writers' Union Lublin

Bibliography 1

Bibliography 2

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