Born in Wólka Krowicka near Lubaczów, he is an author of nine volumes of poems and some texts for the magazine Kresy.
He has a sister, Wanda Tkaczyszyn, and a nephew named Matthew Reitmajer living in the US.
Critics from Ha!art magazine published a book about him, Jesień już Panie a ja nie mam domu.
In 2009, he won Poland's top literary prize Nike Award for his book Piosenka o zależnościach i uzależnieniach ("A Song of Dependencies and Addictions").
In 2020, he became the recipient of the Silesius Poetry Award for lifetime achievements.