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| Date completed: | May 2001 |
| Last updated: | April 2007 |
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| Creator: | Skrzynecki, Peter, 1945- |
| Title: | Papers of Peter Skrzynecki |
| Date Range: | 1964-1992 |
| Reference Number: | MS 34 |
| Extent: | 42 cm (3 boxes) |
| Repository: | Academy Library, UNSW@ADFA |
| Abstract: | The collection comprises original manuscripts, typescript drafts and proofs of short stories for Rock 'n' Roll Heroes (1992). Includes correspondence and early poetry. |
The collection comprises original manuscripts, typescript drafts and proofs of short stories for Rock 'n' Roll Heroes (1992). Includes correspondence and early poetry.
Peter Skrzynecki was born on the 6 April 1945 in Germany. He arrived in Australia in 1949 after spending his early years in Poland. After living for a time in the migrant camp outside Parkes, New South Wales, the family moved to Sydney, where Skrzynecki grew up. He gained tertiary qualifications at Sydney Teachers' College and the University of New England before going on to work, initially, as a primary school teacher in NSW. He has worked as a lecturer in English at the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur.
In 1977, he was writer-in-residence at Sydney Teachers College. He has won several awards, including the 1982 Henry Lawson Short Story Competition. Skrzynecki spent some months in Poland in 1989 as part of a cultural exchange programme and in 1990 he was awarded the L'Ordre du Merite Culturel at the Polish Consulate in Sydney, a medal and citation in recognition of his work in promoting an awareness of Polish Art and Literature in Australia. Skrzynecki's anthology, Joseph's coat, was set as a text for NSW Higher School Certificate students in 1991. In 2006 he was an adjunct associate professor in the School of Hunmanities at the University of Western Sydney.
Skrzynecki was awarded:
Order of Australia, 2002 For service to Australian multicultural literature
Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships, Literature Board Fellowship, 1974
Captain Cook Bicentenary Awards, 1970: winner
National Award for Biography, 2005: shortlisted for The sparrow garden
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, 1990: shortlisted for Night swim : poems (1978-1988)
Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival of Arts Award, Prose, 1985: winner for Pick-and-shovel hero
Grace Leven Poetry Prize, 1972: winner for Head-waters.
References:
AustLit : The Resource for Australian Literature, February 2006.
Papers of Peter Skrzynecki, Academy Library, UNSW@ADFA, Australian Defence Force Academy, MS 34, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
Poets, Australian -- 20th century -- Archives.
Australian poetry -- 20th century.
Australian literature -- 20th century.
Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Archives.
Box 1
Folder 1
Signed published work Rock 'n' roll heroes (1992), a collection of short stories by Peter Skrzynecki
Folder 2
Rock 'n' roll heroes (1992), original manuscripts of 'The prophetess', June/July 1974, 'Mulberries', 1 November 1980, 'Going to the pictures', 27 September 1983 and 'The girl in the puffed-sleeves jumper', 27 February 1985
Folder 3
Rock 'n' roll heroes (1992), original manuscripts of 'The jazz ballet lesson', 30 July 1985, 'Rock 'n' roll heroes', 15 October 1985, 'Dolly', 20 may 1986, 'The smallest photo', 22 October 1986 and 'The letter from Poland', 28 December 1986
Folder 5
Rock 'n' roll heroes (1992), typescripts of 'The sand whiting', 15 June 1987, 'Where the elephant trod', 7 June 1988, 'The cherry nose', 30 November 1989 and 'A river of crystal light', 8 February 1991
Box 2