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A poet, a translator from Italian, an essayist, a publicist, and a reporter, he has written books for children, and fourteen volumes of poetry including A świadkiem śnieg (1991), Kołysanka dla ojca (1994), Zabójstwo z miłości (1997), Mój dom przestały nawiedzać duchy (1998), Nie dochodząc Pięknej (2001), Zbite szklanki (2010), Na wdechu (2012), Wyręka (2014), Żebrak (2016), Listy do przyjaciółki (2017), and the most recent Basso continuo (2018). His books have been translated into many languages and published in the Netherlands, the USA, or Ukraine. He has translated Dante, Petrarch, Michelangelo, Leopardi, Montali, Ungaretti, Luzi, Penna, Pavese, and Pasolini. In 2014, he was awarded the silver Gloria Artis Medal. In 2016, he received Beata Pawlak Award for "Wielki przypływ". He is the mind behind the Leopold Staff Literary Award and the chair of the award committee, as well as the member of the Poznań Literary Award committee.