Education
Waldemar Michalski studied Polish Philology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, which he finished in 1963 with the Magister.
Waldemar Michalski studied Polish Philology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, which he finished in 1963 with the Magister.
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, 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 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.
Prizese 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, 1977 Witold Hulewicz-Prize, 2006 Culture Prize of the Province Lublin, 2007 Special Prize of the Minister of Culture: „West 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 und 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.
At the same time he became a member of the literary group "Prom", later, along with Wacław Oszajca, also the group "Signum".
