Jacek Kaczmarski (March 22, 1957, Warsaw -April 10, 2004, Gda?sk) was a Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author. Kaczmarski was considered by many to be a voice of the anti-communist Solidarity movement in the 1980s, for his commitment to a free Poland, independent of Soviet rule. His songs criticized the ruling regime and appealed to the tradition of patriotic resistance within Poles. He remains best known for his protest songs on social and political subjects ("Mury" (Walls), "Ob?awa" (Wolf hunt)). However, he was more a poet than a political singer, and his texts have not lost their meaning with the demise of the Soviet union and its communist block. He made his debut in 1977 at the Student Song Festival, where he was awarded firstprize for his work "Ob?awa" (Wolf hunt) based on song "????? ?? ??????" by Vladimir Vysotsky. In 1980 he won Second prize at the Opole Song Festival for "Epitafium dla W?odzim