Marek Grechuta (December 10 1945 Zamo??, Poland - October 9 2006 Kraków, Poland) was a Polish singer, songwriter, composer, and lyricist, famous and beloved in Poland throughout his professional musical career. Biography Born in the town of Zamo??, he studied architecture at the Polytechnic University in Kraków. Here he met the composer Jan Kanty Pawlu?kiewicz, with whom he founded the student cabaret Anawa in 1967. In that same year he was awarded second place in the VI National Contest of Student Musicians (VI Ogólnopolski Konkurs Piosenkarzy Studenckich) and also received an award for Tango Anawa, with lyrics written by him and music by Jan Kanty Pawlu?kiewicz. Beginning in 1968 he would win several awards at the Festival of Polish Music in Opole. In 1969 he played a minor role in Andrzej Wajda's film Polowanie na muchy (Hunting Flies). In 1971 he left Anawa and founded the band WIEM

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # TAGS