Background

Ethnicity: Antoni was born to a Polish father and mother of Australian and Irish descent.

Antoni Jach was born on May 8, 1956, in Melbourne, Australia. He is a son of Wladyslaw Jach, an author and poet, and Margaret Taylor.

Education

Antoni received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English & Art History from La Trobe University. Also, he holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Melbourne.

Career

In 1986, Antoni was appointed a teacher at RMIT University, a post he held till 2011. Between 1988 and 2010, Jach taught professional writing and editing diploma course at the same university, while also teaching short story writing and small press publishing there.

Antoni's writings include "The Weekly Card Game" (1994), "The Layers of the City" (1999), "Napoleon's Double" (2007), among others. In addition, he wrote a poetry collection, "An Erratic History" (1988), as well as librettos and plays, such as "Miss Furr and Miss Skeene" (2006) and "Waiting For Isabella" (2010). Moreover, Jach has published translations of the poetry of Baudelaire, Eluard and Apollinaire in several periodicals and journals.

In addition, Jach is a painter, who makes digital art videos. Currently, he lives in Melbourne and works as a publisher at Modern Writing Press, where, since July 2012, he has been holding a post of workshop director. Also, he is an editorial adviser at the literary journal "Heat".

Achievements

• Antoni Jach is a well-known novelist, painter and playwright, whose poetry and short stories have appeared in several anthologies and magazines. His work, "The Layers of the City", a meditation on contemporary Paris, civilization and barbarism, was shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year Fiction Award and was translated into Turkish under the title "Sehrin Katmanlari". His first unpublished novel, "Dina Club", was shortlisted for The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1990. Moreover, Antoni was also shortlisted for the fiction section of The Age Book of the Year Award in 1999.
  
  It's also worth noting, that, Antoni's work, entitled "Napoleon's Double" (2007), is considered to be the high point of his career.
  
  In 2017, Jach received the Distinguished Old Paradian Award.

Works

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  • The Layers of the City 1999
  • The Weekly Card Game 1994
  • Napoleon's Double 2007

Membership

Antoni is a member of the Australian Society of Authors, The Victorian Writers Centre and Darebin Writers Inc.

Connections

Antoni is married to Sallie Muirden, a novelist. Their marriage produced two children - Hayley and Oliver.

Father:

Wladyslaw Jach

Mother:

Margaret Taylor

child:

Hayley Jach

child:

Oliver Jach

Wife:

Sallie Muirden