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Konrad Tademar is a native-born Los Angeleno of Polish descent. As a young boy Konrad Tademar spent five years living in Poland where he witnessed the rise of the anti-communist Solidarity labor union; he came back to the United States ten days before Martial Law was declared. He has lived most of his life in Hollywood and began to write poetry seriously while at Los Angeles City College while studying Philosophy and Literature where he was president of the Poet's Platform for two years. He went on to graduate from UCLA. – Over the years he has made occasional appearances in coffee houses (such as the Onyx, Ground's Zero in Hollywood, Magicopolis Theater in Santa Monica, the Wilshire Art Gallery, the Pig and Whistle, etc.) He has been writing poetry continuously now, for over twenty three years. – His poetry chapbooks are: "Agrest, and other poems" – "November Sonnets" – his poetry book is "Fifty Sonnets, titles like labels only get in the way..." A major novel-length work, already finished will be made available when the time is right – In 1991 Konrad founded the Witching Hour Poetry Gathering, and has been hosting it ever since. In 2002 Along with a passionate group of artists he founded the Pecan Pie Organization dedicated to artistic promotion, stage performances and the like.