
Cezary Geroń (1960–1998) was a Polish poet, journalist, translator and teacher. Born on 28 July 1960 inJasło, he graduated from a local college in nearbyKrosno. Afterwards he moved toKraków, where he joined the Faculty of French Studies. He then moved to theWarsaw University, from which he graduated. He started working as a journalist and correspondent for theL'Osservatore Romano. At that time he started to translate Italian poetry, notably the works ofEugenio Montale,Alfonso Gatto,Mario Luzi andUmberto Saba. He was also active as a journalist, speaker and translator for thePolish Radio and thePolish Television. In 1991 he started working as a teacher of the history of music, Polish and Italian languages at the Warsaw-based 1st Community CollegeBednarska. Having been of poor health for all of his life, he died suddenly of a heart disease on 26 April 1998 and was buried inJasło.
After his death, several dozen manuscripts of his poems were collected from among his friends and published in two collections.
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