Ernest Bryll | |
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 Ernest Bryll (Warsaw 2018) | |
| Born | 1 March 1935 Warsaw |
| Died | 16 March 2024 (aged 89) Warsaw |
| 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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Ernest Włodzimierz Bryll (1 March 1935,Warsaw – 17 March 2024, Warsaw[1]) was a Polish poet, writer, songwriter, journalist, translator, film critic and diplomat.[2]
Bryll was part of a peasant family fromKuyavialake Gopło[3] and grew up in Komorowo Stare andGdynia. He graduated from the 2ndLiceum Ogólnokształcące in Gdynia,[4] the Polish Philology faculty ofUniwersytetu Warszawskiego (1956)[5] and studied film atŁódź Film School. Due to his father's background in theHome Army, he was blacklisted from his dream of becoming a journalist, and he began working in power plant no. 11 in thePort of Gdynia andStocznia Gdynia.[3]
His first book of poetry,Wigilie wariata, was published in 1958. He was a member of writers' rooms in social-cultural themed newspapers (e.g. 1959–1960 atWspółczesność [pl]). He was a member of thePolish Writers Association and became a member ofPolish United Workers' Party in the mid 60s.[6] In the early 1980s, whenmartial law was introduced in Poland, he quit the party.[5]
From 1963 to 1967 he was the literary director of theTeatr Telewizji [pl]. The following year he managed the film team Kamera, and from 1970 to 1974 he was a director ofPolish Theatre, Warsaw. From 1974 to 1978 Bryll was a director of thePolish Cultural Institute in London, and in 1991-1995 he served as Poland's ambassador toIreland inDublin.[5]
Beginning in 1965 he wrote popular song lyrics sung by bands like:2 plus 1,Enigmatic, Pakt,Partita,Myslovitz,Skaldowie,Waganci and solo artists such as:Michał Bajor,Stan Borys, Zofia i ZbigniewFramerowie [pl],Halina Frąckowiak,Marek Grechuta,Jerzy Grunwald [pl],Teresa Haremza [pl],Edward Hulewicz, Leonard Jakubowski,Halina Kunicka [pl],Bernard Ładysz, Urszula Narbut,Czesław Niemen,Daniel Olbrychski,Jerzy Połomski, Rudolf Poledniok,Krystyna Prońko [pl],Łucja Prus,Danuta Rinn,Maryla Rodowicz,Andrzej Rybiński, Warren Schatz,Urszula Sipińska, Józef Sojka,Teresa Tutinas [pl], Juliusz Wickiewicz,Adam Wojdak [pl].
Many of his lyrics were set to music byKatarzyna Gärtner [pl]. In 1968, he established the bandDrumlersi [pl] withMarek Sart. Sart wrote music; Bryll wrote the lyrics.
He also collaborated with composers such asJerzy Derfel [pl],Antoni Kopff [pl],Włodzimierz Korcz,Janusz Kruk, Czesław Niemen,Andrzej Zieliński.
He worked atPolish Film Institute from 2012 to 2018, as a director of the literary department.[7]
He died 16 March 2024 inWarsaw, aged 89.[8][9]
He married Małgorzata Goraj,[10] with whom he had one son and two daughters.[11] His primary residence wasWarsaw, but he also lived for many years inOtwock, which he wrote about frequently.[12]
