Draft:Bogumila Zongollowicz

Bogumila Zongollowicz
Born	Bogumiła Żongołłowicz (1955-11-09)9 November 1955 Słupsk, Poland
Occupation	Poet, Writer
Language	Polish, English
Nationality	Polish, Australian
Notable works	Patches 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

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. 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.

Books

• "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);;
• "Poetic Visits of Death" ("Poetyckie wizyty śmierci", 2023).

Anthologies & Collections

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

Membership

• 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–

External links

• AustLit
• Biographical Dictionary of Polish Women Writers in Emigration 1939-1989 (in Polish)
• Presentation on Polish Festival at Federation Square
• Rowville-Lysterfield Community News
• PolArt
• NLA interview