Native resident of Mikołów, poet and controversial figure. Broke studies at the Jagiellonian University (1963), then lived in Wrocław, made his debut in ?Poezja? monthly magazine (1965). Author of volumes of poems entitled ?Sezon? and ?Inna bajka? published in ?Twórczość? and ?Odra?. His live and suicide made up the basis for the movie by Lech Majewski entitled ?Wojaczek? (1999).