Magda Umer

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Magda Umer

Magda Umer
Background information
Birth name Małgorzata Umer
Born (1949-10-09) October 9, 1949
Origin Warsaw, Poland
Genres sung poetry
Occupations singer, theatre director
Instruments vocals
Years active 1973 – present

Magda Umer (/ˈʊmɛr/; born Małgorzata Magda Umer, October 9, 1949) is a Polish singer[1] and performer of sung poetry, journalist, author, film director, screenwriter, actress, and author of recitals.

Biography

She was born to Edward Umer, the head of the Special Section of the Main Directorate of Information of the Polish Army[2] and Stanisława Umer. Her father was Jewish,[3] son of Otylia and Wincenty Umer, brother of Adam Humer. Both of Magda Umer's parents were atheists, she converted to Roman Catholicism as an adult.[4] Her godmother was an actress Kalina Jędrusik.

She graduated from Klement Gottwald High School in Warsaw (now the Stanisław Staszic High School). Later she studied at the Faculty of Polish Philology at Warsaw University. She made her debut in the late 1960s by singing in student cabarets.

Magda Umer has got two sons - Mateusz and Franciszek.

Awards and honors

Winner of the Opole Song Festival.

By order of the President of the Republic of 15 December 2000 "for outstanding contribution to the activities of the student movement, for achievements in social work" Umer was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Restoration of Poland.

References

  1. ↑ Subbotko, Donata (2009-12-09). "Magda Umer: Wszyscy śpiewają lepiej ode mnie" (in Polish). Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 
  2. ↑ Tkaczew Władysław: Organa informacji Wojska Polskiego w latach 1943-1956. Kontrwywiad wojskowy. Warsaw: Bellona, 2007, page 42. ISBN 978 83 11 10940 7.
  3. ↑ Poland's Holocaust; Poland's Holocaust: Ethnic Strife, Collaboration with Occupying Forces..., Tadeusz Piotrowski
  4. ↑ Prasa o Magdzie, an interview with Magda Umer.

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