Jacek Kleyff pisze listy

The article analyzes selected songs by Jacek Kleyff, one of the most famous Polish sing-songwriters of the 1960s, with a special focus on his songs written in the form of letters: First and Second letter to Leonard Cohen, composed in the 1970s. Another problem addressed in the article is Cohen’s infl uence on Polish independent singing poets. In the 80s, Kleyff gave up the form of the „song–letter”, but he returns to it in his latest songs, which express his reaction to the contemporary political situation in Poland.