Education
He studied at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lodz (1961–1967).
He studied at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lodz (1961–1967).
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.
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 (poems, essays) 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.
His poetry has been translated into Russian, German, Czechoslovakian, English, Italian and Esperanto. He was a Participants of the German-Polish poets steamer. II, Grupy Literackie w Polsce 1945–1980 – Hsg.
Wiedza Powszechna Warszawa 1993 WOREYD ALMANACH 2000 World Health Organization Instruction Section World Health Organization West POLSCE – 2002 Five Thousand Personalities of the World.
Edition Six, Hsg. The American Biographical Institute. 1998 United States of America Who"s Who 1999, Dictionary of international biography – The international authors and writers Hsg.
International Biographic Centre Cambridge – Anglia.
Award of the President of Gliwice in the field of culture for poetry in 1996, 2005 Cross of Merit, Warschau 2005 "Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis", Warschau 2011 "LITERARY EXCELLENCE AWARD", Mai 2013, POLISH AMERICAN POETS ACADEMY Walllington, United States of America, beim Wettbewerb Johannes Paul World War II "LITERARY EXCELLENCE AWARD" wrzesień 2013, POLISH AMERICAN POETS ACADEMY Walllington, United States of America, Wettbewerb um das patriotische Gedicht.
January Strządała is an honorary member of the Polish-American Poets Academy, Incorporated. in Wallingtin.
