Stefan Jurkowski was born 30th January 1948 in Tarnowskie Góry. He was first published in 1967 in “Directions”.
He was published ten volumes of poetry, among which: “Vibrations” (1969), “High Summer” (1975), “Equilibrium” (1980), “Genesis” (1994).
The volume of poetry “Every day playground” was nominated for Cyprian Kamil Norwid’s award.
He received the Włodzimierz Pietrzak “Award for Youth” for the collection “High Summer”. His poems can be found in many almanacs of poetry and anthologies. He is also literary editor and columnist.