A Polish philologist and sociologist, cultural manager, cultural animator, and academic lecturer. Director of the National Centre for Culture. He studied at the Jagiellonian University, Université d’Aix-Marseille, and Collegium Civitas. For seventeen years, he worked for the cultural development of Kraków, serving as Programme Director of the Kraków Festival Office, then as the Mayor’s Plenipotentiary for Culture, and later as Director of Development and Creativity at the Department of Culture of Kraków City Hall. He was involved in the creation of many international festivals in Kraków, including Misteria Paschalia, Sacrum Profanum, the Conrad Festival, the Miłosz Festival, and the Kraków Film Music Festival. He supervised the establishment of the Kraków UNESCO City of Literature programme.