1. Ryszard Krynicki is a Polish poet and translator, member of the Polish "New Wave" Movement.
11 Facts About Ryszard Krynicki
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Ryszard Krynicki is regarded as one of the most prominent post-war contemporary Polish poets.
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Ryszard Krynicki was born on 28 June 1943 in St Valentin, Austria.
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Ryszard Krynicki further studied Polish philology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.
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Ryszard Krynicki made his literary debut in 1964 in Poznan's literary club Od nowa, where he publicly read out one of his untitled poems.
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Ryszard Krynicki published articles in an emigration weekly Wiadomosci.
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Ryszard Krynicki was the signatory of Letter of 59, which was a reaction of Polish intellectuals against the undemocratic changes in the Constitution of the Polish People's Republic.
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Ryszard Krynicki collaborated with the Workers' Defense Committee; and in the period between 1977 and 1981, he published articles in Zapis magazine.
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Ryszard Krynicki published numerous texts and articles in opposition magazines such as Solidarnosci Wielkopolski, Obserwator Wielkopolski and Bez Debitu.
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Ryszard Krynicki published his works in Zeszyty Literackie.
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Nowadays, Krynicki is seen as one of the foremost representatives of contemporary Polish poetry alongside Adam Zagajewski and Ewa Lipska.