Draft:Bogumila Zongollowicz

Bogumila Zongollowicz
BornBogumiła Żongołłowicz
(1955-11-09)9 November 1955
Słupsk, Poland
OccupationPoet, Writer
LanguagePolish, English
NationalityPolish, Australian
Notable worksPatches for my Soul

Bogumila Zongollowicz (born 9 November 1955 in Słupsk,Poland), née Trocka, is a Polish and Australian journalist, poet, writer, biographer and documentalist.

Biography

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Bogumila Zongollowicz emigrated to Australia in 1991. Her biographical research focuses on post-World War II Polish migrants and Polish-Australians, their various contributions to the development of culture and science in Australian and Polish societies. She continues the work of her predecessor Lech Paszkowski (1919-2013) who documented the Poles in Australia from white settlement to World War II[1]. Her other writings encompass a wide range of subjects with Polish themes which include feminist studies, literary criticism and the Polish diaspora.

Among her professional memberships are the Australian Society of Authors, the Union of Polish Writers Abroad and the Polish Journalists Association.

In 2019, she was awarded the Medal of Merit for Polish Culture[2].

  • "Summertime in Surrey" ("Lato w Surrey", 1984);
  • "Andrzej Chciuk. The Writer from the Antipodes" ("Andrzej Chciuk. Pisarz z antypodów", 1999, 2021);
  • "Deaths other than Mine" ("Śmierci nie moje", 2002, 2023);
  • "Cabaret Wesoła Kookaburra" ("Kabaret Wesoła Kookaburra", 2004);
  • "Halfway across the Globe" ("O pół globu od domu", 2007);
  • "Death is Dear to me" ("Śmierci mi bliskie", 2008);
  • "‟Red Poppies" were His. Life and Career of Gwidon Borucki – Guido Lorraine" ("Jego były Czerwone maki. Życie i kariera Gwidona Boruckiego – Guido Lorraine'a""/2010,2024);
  • "(Im)mortally" ("(Nie)śmiertelnie", 2016);
  • "Consul. Biography of Ladislas de Noskowski" ("Konsul. Biografia Władysława Noskowskiego", 2017);
  • "(Im)mortally. With commentary by Artur Cembik" ("(Nie)śmiertelnie. Z komentarzem Artura Cembika", 2018);
  • "(Im)mortally. With commentary by Adam Kubacki" ("(Nie)śmiertelnie. Z komentarzem Adama Kubackiego", 2018);
  • "Patches for my Soul" (2023);[4];
  • "Poetic Visits of Death" ("Poetyckie wizyty śmierci", 2023).

Anthologies & Collections

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  • Still Life with RAM (1995);
  • Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15 (2000);
  • Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 16 (2002)[5];
  • Australian Dictionary of Biography, supplement (2005)[6][7]
  • What We Carry. Poetry on Childbearing (2021);

Membership

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  • Association of Polish Authors, 1984–1992
  • Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance – Australian Journalists' Association, 1991–1994
  • Association of Polish Journalists, 1991–
  • Association of Polish Writers Abroad, 2005–
  • Australian Society of Authors, 2020–
  • Melbourne Poets Union, 2024–
  • PEN Melbourne, 2024–

References

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  1. ^ https://www.polishfestival.com.au/2020/11/12/all-souls-day-poems-by-milka-zongollowicz/
  2. ^ https://polartsydney.com.au/lineup/literature/bogumila-zongollowicz/
  3. ^ https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A50574
  4. ^ https://www.amazon.com.au/Patches-My-Soul-Bogumila-%C5%BBongollowicz/dp/1739193229
  5. ^ "Alfred Emeryk Poninski (1896–1968)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  6. ^ "Charles Adam Marie Wroblewski (1855–1936)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  7. ^ "Juliusz Edward Kleeberg (1890–1970)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
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