Alina Obidniak was born in Krosno upon Wislok on 29 June 1931. She graduated in acting from Kraków’s State Drama School and in directing from the Moscow Film Institute and the Lodz Film School. She was director and artistic manager of the Wojciech Boguslawski Theatre in Kalisz (1964–1970) and of Jelenia Gora’s Cyprian Norwid Theatre (1973–1988; May–December 2000). Obidniak has also organized cultural events and has been an environmental activist. She initiated the International Festival of Street Theatre in Jelenia Gora, launched the Self-Development Laboratory, and heads the Centre of Culture-Forming Initiatives Association. She also conceived the idea of Karkonosze 2000: The Festival of the Mountains, a project undertaken under the auspices of Walter Schwimmer, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe.
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