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Peter Michael Skrzynecki (often misspelled "Sheneski", among other misspellings) (Polish pronunciation: [ˈskʂɨnɛtski]; born 6 April 1945 in Germany) is an Australian poet of Polish origin. He came to Australia with his parents in 1949, as a refugee from "the sorrow / Of northern wars" (Crossing the Red Sea). This voyage —a four-week sea expedition on the General Blatchford, a converted United States Navy transport ship— was the basis for many of the poems in his 1975 collection, Immigrant Chronicle.

Skrzynecki has taught various courses relating to literature, including English Studies, American Literature, Australian Literature and Creative Writing. He has received several awards for his contributions to the literature of Australia and to multicultural literature, including the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry in 1972 for Headwaters, the Captain Cook Bicentenary Poetry Prize, the Henry Lawson Short Story Award, an Order of Cultural Merit from the Polish government in 1989 and, in 2002, an Order of Australia. Skrzynecki visits schools and gives lectures on the current topic area of Immigrant Chronicle.

Immigrant Chronicle

Immigrant Chronicle, is a range of poems by peter skryznecki, remembering the journeys of his family as they immigrated from Poland to Australia. The family were in transit for over two years before begantheir new life in Australia. The book also expounds the ongoing troubles that Skrzynecki and his parents went through because of their journey. Immigrant Chronicle was one of the five prescribed "Physical Journeys" texts in the compulsory New South Wales NSW HSC English syllabus, and is now a prescribed poetry text for "Belonging" for 2009-2012. This core text is the main focus of the unit, and it requires students to find their own related text(s) and compare the texts in the form of an essay (suggested duration of forty minutes).

Among the 48 poems included in Immigrant Chronicle are:

  • 1. Immigrants at Central Station, 1951 (Journeys)
  • 2. Feliks Skrzynecki (Journeys)+ (Belonging)
  • 6. St Patrick's College(Belonging)
  • 8. Ancestors'(Belonging)
  • 17. 10 Mary Street' (Belonging)
  • 33. Crossing the Red Sea (Journeys)
  • 38. Leaving home (Journeys)
  • 44. Migrant hostel (Journeys)+ (Belonging)
  • 63. In the folk museum' (Belonging)
  • 67. A drive in the country (Journeys)
  • 80. Post card (Journeys) +(Belonging)

Bibliography

Poetry

  • There, Behind the Lids (1970)
  • Headwaters (1972)
  • Immigrant Chronicle (1975)
  • The Aviary (1978)
  • The Polish Immigrant (1982)
  • Night Swim (1989)
  • Easter Sunday (1993)
  • Time's Revenge (2000)
  • Old/New World (2007), selection from his previous eight books, plus the new collection Blood Plums

Novels

  • The Beloved Mountain (1988)
  • The Cry of the Goldfinch (1996)

Memoir

  • The Sparrow Garden (2004)

Short Stories

  • The Wild Dogs (1987)
  • Rock 'n' Roll Heroes (1992)

References

  1. "Peter Michael Skrzynecki". It's an Honour website. 2002. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
  2. "NSW HSC English titles for 2009". Phoenix Education. Retrieved 8 December 2008.

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