ichard Tylman, born Ryszard ( rí-shárd ) Tylman, in 1952, is a poet, essayist, storyteller, translator, author of limited editions of poetry in English and Polish languages ( Imaginary  Lovers, Living Inside the  Moving  Landscape, Privilege / Przywilej, Wax Poetics, Selections From an  Old  Shoebox), a winner of the Grand Owl Poetry Award sponsored by the Jagiellonian University of Krakow; a Canadian spoken word artist and author of articles and essays contributing to the intellectual climate of the arts and literary communities of Western Canada, the Polish-Canadian cultural society and the world poetry circles. He was a featured poet at the Gala of The Heart of the City Festival in 2005 broadcasted in Vancouver by Shaw Cable TV. He's the host and producer of Summer Dreams of the Downtown Eastside poetry and music showcase.
      Guest of Polish-Canadian literary clubs, events and benefit concerts in and around Vancouver BC as well as various English language radio programs, Richard Tylman is a highly bilingual writer. He is also a visual artist with a Master's degree in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow who in recent times has focussed on studies of the Canadian Westcoast Native mythology. He has been a graphic illustrator and won First Prize in Illustration from the Association of the Graphic Designers of Canada in 1991.
      The poetry of Richard Tylman, intellectual and thought-provoking, moves freely between the conventions of philosophical treatise and the new North American romanticism.
      The selections from his Canadian work in the Polish language spanning two decades are published and distributed in Poland by Wydawnictwo Nowy Świat (New World Publishing) of Warsaw, under the title Koty  marcowe: The Felines of  March.