Omar Sangare

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Omar Sangare was born and raised in Poland, and graduated from the Theater Academy in Warsaw, where he studied with the Oscar winning director, Andrzej Wajda. In 1994 he was awarded a scholarship to The British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England. While there he worked with Derek Jacobi, Alan Rickman, Michael Kahn, and Jeremy Irons. In 2006, Omar Sangare received Ph.D. degree from the Theater Academy in Warsaw.

He holds many film, television, and radio credits. For his one-man drama True Theater Critic, he was voted The Best in Acting by The New York International Fringe Festival in 1997. The same year invited to The Jerzy Grotowski Theater in Wroclaw, Poland, where he won four prizes at The Theater Festival. His award-winning monodrama was presented in Poland, Canada, England, Ukraine, Germany, and the United States. Recently, acclaimed by the press for his lead part in the Arena Players Repertory Theater production of Othello. Barbara Delatiner included the distinct conclusion in her article for The New York Times, Omar Sangare was born to play Othello!

His published literary work includes two books of poetry: Postscriptum and Landscape of the Soul, collections of short stories titled Tales for Old Horse, and Tales for Black Sheep as well as many essays and articles for various magazines and newspapers in Poland. Accompanied by great American writers such as Robert Pinsky, and Susan Sontag he promoted his Polish literature in the United States. In 2003, he released his first solo album, ON. He also recorded Polish Christmas Carols for television TVP1 in Poland. Recently, in 2005, he published Tales for Decent Man. Both Tales for Old Horse and Tales for Black Sheep are bestsellers in Poland.

Through many years he became a well-known person in Poland. Every year he is invited to join the Meeting of Leading Artists, which is organized by the President of Poland.