Born in 1953, Bronisław Maj is the author of seven volumes of poetry which have won him prestigious literary prizes, a reputation as one of the finest poets of his generation, and a place in many anthologies of contemporary poetry published both in Poland and abroad. Maj is also the author of a book about Tadeusz Gajcy, a poet who died during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. Read More He writes newspaper columns and has edited the literary quarterly Na Głos for many years. He lives in Kraków and teaches at the Jagiellonian University and the School of Creative Writing.