Jan Strządała


Jan Strządała – is a Polish poet.

Biography

He studied at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lodz. After the aborted literary studies, he started to work keeping up with gainful employment in various professions. He made his debut in 1969 with a book of lyrics Przegrany semestr under the pseudonym John Strehl.
In 1970–1977 he worked in the Publishing Institute "PAX" in Warsaw. During martial law led Gliwice Literary Group, of which he was a founder. From 1985 to 1991 he was an employee of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In the years 1993–1996 he presided the Katowice Branch of the Polish Writers Association. In 1999–2002 he was Vice President of Polish Writers Association in Warsaw. He is also the president of the Club of Creative Unions in Gliwice.
More than 70 independent publications appeared in cultural magazines as well as in the Polish Radio and Television. Various texts have been set to music, among other things by Ewa Szydło. Jan Strządała is an honorary member of the Polish-American Poets Academy, Inc. in Wallington. His poetry has been translated into Russian, German, Czech, English, Italian and Esperanto. He was a Participants of the German-Polish poets steamer.

Books of poetry

  1. Przegrany semestr,, PAX, Warszawa 1969
  2. Słoneczna noc, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1983,
  3. Trudna galaktyka, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1988,
  4. Szept igły w otwartej żyle,Wyd. SPP, Katowice1993,
  5. Pochylone niebo,Wyd. Latona, Warszawa 1994,
  6. Nieobecna noc,Wyd. Baran & Suszczyński, Kraków1997,
  7. Naga sukienka,Wyd. Baran & Suszczyński, Kraków 2001,
  8. Tajemnica, Wyd. Miniatura, Kraków 2003,
  9. Światło i ciało,Wyd. Miniatura, Kraków 2004,
  10. Noc co noc, Wyd. Miniatura, Kraków 2005,
  11. Młode słowa, Wyd. Miniatura, Kraków 2007,
  12. Delikatne miejsce, Wyd. Unibook, 2009
  13. CIEMNOOKA,, Hsg. e-bookowo.pl 2010,
  14. CIEMNOOKA,, Wrocław 2010, wyd. II,
  15. Wiersze I, Hsg. Biblioteka Śląska, Katowice 2012,
  16. Wiersze II, Hsg. Biblioteka Śląska, Katowice 2012,
  17. PAMIĘĆ CIAŁA bawi się moim sercem, Gliwice 2014,
  18. KORALIKI, wyd.ARKA, Gliwice 2015,

    Major awards