Ernest Włodzimierz Bryll (1 March 1935, Warsaw – 17 March 2024, Warsaw [1]) – Polish poet, writer, songwriter, journalist, translator and film critic, also a diplomat.[2]
Ernest Bryll | |
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 Ernest Bryll (Warszawa 2018) | |
| Born | 1 March 1935 Warszawa |
| Died | 16 March 2024 (aged 89) Warszawa |
| Language | Polish |
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| Notable awards | Nagroda im. W. Broniewskiego w dziedzinie poezji (1964), Nagroda II stopnia Ministerstwa Kultury i Sztuki (1965), Nagroda im. Stanisława Piętaka (1968), Nagroda II stopnia Ministerstwa Kultury i Sztuki (1973), Nagroda Miasta Warszawy (1973), Nagroda Narodowego Funduszu Kultury (1989), Nagroda im. Franciszka Karpińskiego (1998), Nagroda im. Włodzimierza Pietrzaka (2003) Medal Daniela Gabriela Richarda za krzewienie rozwoju ludowej kultury Słowacji (2004), Nagroda im. Cypriana Norwida w kategorii „Literatura” (2009), Nagroda Miasta Stołecznego Warszawy (2009), Medal Per Artem ad Deum (2021)
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Life
editHe came from a peasant family from Kuyavia lake Gopło.[3] He grew up in Komorowo Stare and Gdynia. He graduated from 2nd Liceum Ogólnokształcące in Gdynia,[4] and Polish Philology faculty of Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (1956)[5] and film knowledge study at Łódź Film School. Due to his fathers' background in Home Army he was blacklisted from his dream journalism work, and so he started to work in a power plant no 11 in Port of Gdynia and Stocznia Gdynia.[3]
His first poetry book, Wigilie wariata, was published in 1958. He was a member of writers rooms of social-cultural themed newspapers (e.g. 1959–1960 at Współczesność). He was a member of Polish Writers Association. He became a member of Polish United Workers' Party in the mid 60s.[6] When the martial law in Poland was introduced, he quit the party.[5]
From 1963 to 1967 he was the literary director in Teatr Telewizji. The following year he managed the film team Kamera, and from 1970 to 1974 he was a director in Polish Theatre, Warsaw. From 1974 to 1978 Bryll was a director of Polish Cultural Institute in London, and from 1991 to 1995 he was the ambassador at Embassy of Poland, Dublin[5].
He wrote song lyrics since 1965. His songs were sung by bands: 2 plus 1, Enigmatic, Pakt, Partita, Myslovitz, Skaldowie, Waganci and solo artists such as: Michał Bajor, Stan Borys, Zofia i Zbigniew Framerowie, Halina Frąckowiak, Marek Grechuta, Jerzy Grunwald, Teresa Haremza, Edward Hulewicz, Leonard Jakubowski, Halina Kunicka, Bernard Ładysz, Urszula Narbut, Czesław Niemen, Daniel Olbrychski, Jerzy Połomski, Rudolf Poledniok, Krystyna Prońko, Łucja Prus, Danuta Rinn, Maryla Rodowicz, Andrzej Rybiński, Warren Schatz, Urszula Sipińska, Józef Sojka, Teresa Tutinas, Juliusz Wickiewicz, Adam Wojdak.
Many of his lyrics were accompanied by the music by Katarzyna Gärtner. In 1968, together with Marek Sart he established a band Drumlersi. Sart wrote music, and Bryll wrote the lyrics.
He collaborated with composers such as: Jerzy Derfel, Antoni Kopff, Włodzimierz Korcz, Janusz Kruk, Czesław Niemen, Andrzej Zieliński.
Since 2012 he worked at Polish Film Institute[7] (from 2012 to 2018, as a director of the literary department).
Private life
editHe married Małgorzata Goraj,[10] they had one son and two daughters.[11] He lived in Warszawa, but he had also lived for many years in Otwock, mentioned frequently in his writings.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Ernest Bryll 1935-2024". Ernest Bryll / FB. 17 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ Małgorzata Chmielewska (2008). "Bryll Ernest". Leksykon polskich pisarzy muzycznych XX wieku. Wydawnictwo Polskie. ISBN 978-83-922684-2-0.
- ^ a b Wojciech Koronkiewicz, Nie umiem być poetą. Ernest Bryll w rozmowie z Wojciechem Koronkiewiczem wspomina wyczyny Białoszewskiego i Broniewskiego, w: Lampa, nr 6/2004, s. 48–49, ISSN 1732-4661.
- ^ "Bryll Ernest". Oficjalny serwis internetowy miasta Gdynia (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ a b c "Ernest Bryll | Życie i twórczość | Artysta". Culture.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ Janusz Maciejewski, Cenzura w Polsce w latach 1957–1980 i sposoby jej omijania przez pisarzy, w: Napis, Seria XV (2009), s. 333.
- ^ "Dział Literacki PISF – kto i za co odpowiada?". portalfilmowy.pl. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
- ^ "Ernest Bryll nie żyje. Słynny poeta, pisarz i dziennikarz miał 89 lat". TVN24 (in Polish). 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ Polsat News (2024-03-17). "Nie żyje Ernest Bryll. Miał 89 lat". polsatnews.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ "Moja żona Małgosia – Oficjalna Strona Ernesta Brylla". bryll.pl. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "Poety życiorys nieprosty: Zawsze Polska". Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "Wspomnienia Archive – Oficjalna Strona Ernesta Brylla". bryll.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2017-11-23.