series called "Listy śpiewające“ ("Singing Letters“). Her first major theatre show "Niech no tylko zakwitną jabłonie“ ("Let the Apple-trees Bloom") was staged at the Ateneum Theatre. Her lyrics were set to music by such composers as Krzysztof Komeda, Seweryn Krajewski, Adam Sławiński, Zygmunt Konieczny, and others. Personal life Osiecka and her partner, the prominent journalist Daniel Passent, had their only child, a daughter, Agata, in 1973. The Masurian Lake District was among Osiecka's favorite places in Poland. She liked to vacation there in the 1960s/70s with Polish intellectuals and artists. As a student she worked there for one of the local newspapers and in the autumn of her life she wrote for the Atelier Theatre in Sopot. She was a frequent visitor to the Halama writers' retreat house in Zakopane, in the Tatra Mountains. Death and legacy Osiecka published numerous books and released many records (see the full list at www.okularnicy.org.pl). She is considered one of the most important, prolific and gifted persons in postwar Polish culture and history. Osiecka died on 7 March 1997 after a battle of several years with colon cancer. She is buried at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. The Agnieszka Osiecka Okularnicy Foundation was founded by her daughter shortly after the poet's death. The Okularnicy Foundation promotes Osiecka’s work, runs the Poet's Archive, organizes the annual singing competition "Let us Remember Agnieszka Osiecka“, manages the Internet archive and publishes books. To honour her creative output and her work at the National Polish Radio, the Music Studio was named after Osiecka in 1997. In 2013, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) issued two commemorative coins (2 and 10-zloty denominations) as part of the "History of Polish popular music" series honouring Osiecka. In 2020, the Polish public broadcaster Telewizja Polska released an eponymous biographical mini-series chronicling the life and work of Osiecka. It was directed by Robert Gliński and Michał Rosa and stars Eliza Rycembel and Magdalena Popławska as the titular character. State honours Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (posthumously, 1997) Gold Cross of Merit (1979) See also List of poets External links The Agnieszka Osiecka Internet Archive Profile of Agnieszka Osiecka at Culture.pl References 1936 births 1997 deaths Burials at Powązki Cemetery Łódź Film School alumni Lyricists Polish songwriters Polish people of Romanian descent Polish people of Serbian descent Polish people of Hungarian descent 20th-century Polish poets Deaths from colorectal cancer