[1] He graduated from the Henryk Sienkiewicz High School in Nowa Ruda, where he excelled in Humanities.

[citation needed] Karol Maliszewski made his debut as a poet in 1978 in the monthly Radar.

Co-founder of the Nowa Ruda Literary Club Ogma,[2] member of the Polish-Czech Group of Poets '97.

In 2001, he started conducting poetry workshops at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

He published his poems and reviews in the following magazines: Akant, Arkusz, Borussia, Czas Kultury, FA-art,[2] Fraza, Kresy, Nowa Okolica Poetów, Nowy Nurt, Odra[2] Opcje, Pomosty, Pracownia,[2] Pro Libris, Red., Res Publica Nowa, Studio, Studium,[2] Sycyna, Topos,[2] Twórczość, Tygodnik Powszechny, Wersja.