Jacek Cygan

Poet, songwriter, playwright and prose writer. He comes from a singer circle known as the “Land of Gentleness.” He is co-founder of the group “Nasza Basia Kochana” which won an award at the Student Song Festival in Kraków. He has written over 1000 songs for the most prominent artists of the Polish stage. He has published four volumes of poetry translated into a number of foreign languages. He has penned plays and a volume of short stories called “Destiny, luck, coincidence.” Associated with Jewish culture, he is the author of the biographical book “Klezmer – A Story about the Life of Leopold Kozłowski-Kleinman” (Klezmer – opowieść o życiu Leopolda Kozłowskiego – Kleinmana) along with many songs for children. He has been named a Knight of the “Order of the Smile”, the only decoration in the world awarded by children.

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