Born in Międzyrzec Podlaski on the 12^th of December, 1891. He was educated at a secondary school in Warsaw and never completed the studies which he then took up in Kraków, interrupting his education in order to travel to South America. During his two-years’ stay in Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil, he was employed as a workman and then ran his own business as an entrepreneur. In 1913 Budzyński returned to Warsaw. In the following year he joined the Polish Legions, the Polish military formations in the service of Austria-Hungary. There he served in the 1^st Uhlan Regiment and was then interned. In 1920 he volunteered to the Polish Army and took part in the Polish-Soviet war. For his services he received the Silver Cross of the War Order of Virtuti Militari (1922). In the Second Polish Republic he was involved in numerous social projects; for instance, he founded and headed the Union of Folk Theatres. He pursued his career as a journalist and in 1935, on behalf of the Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government (BBWR), Budzyński became a deputy to the Sejm, where he co-founded the ‘Future of Labour’ Group. In 1937-1938 he was a member of the Camp of National Unity, but was expelled for his criticism of that party’s leadership. In October 1939 he was arrested by the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) and died under suspicious circumstances in the prison of Baranavichy or Kurapaty (in the present-day Belarus).