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, which he finished in 1963 with the
Magister. 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".[1]
From 1962 to 1985 he was curator of the University Library at the Catholic University of
Lublin, 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".[2] His texts and reviews published in numerous magazines. In 1995 he was with
Bogusław Wróblewski 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.[3]
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 2006[4]
Bariera timpului nu exista. Culegere de poezii, Translation into Romanian by Alexandru G. Serban, Jasi 2012