Education
Skrzynecki attended Street Patrick"s College, Strathfield between 1956 and 1963, completing his Leaving Certificate at the college.
Skrzynecki attended Street Patrick"s College, Strathfield between 1956 and 1963, completing his Leaving Certificate at the college.
This voyage – a four-week-long sea expedition on the United States Ship General R. M. Blatchford, a converted United States Navy transport ship, was the basis for many of the poems in his 1975 collection, His education here influenced many works later in his career. Skrzynecki has taught various courses relating to literature, including English Studies, American Literature, Australian Literature and Creative Writing. Skrzynecki visits schools and gives lectures on the current topic area of
is a collection of poems by Peter Skrzynecki, remembering the experiences of his family as they immigrated from post-war Poland to Australia. was one of the five prescribed "Physical Journeys" texts in the compulsory New South Wales Higher School Certificate English syllabus, and was a prescribed poetry text for "Area of Study: Belonging" for 2009-2014.
This core text is the main focus of the unit, and it requires students to find their own related text(s) and compare the texts in the form of an essay.
Among the 48 poems included in are:
11. "Immigrants at Central Station, 1951"
12.
"Feliks Skrzynecki"
16. "Street Patrick"s College"
18.
"Ancestors"
17. "10 Mary Street"
33.
"Crossing the Red Sea"
38. "Leaving home"
44. "Migrant hostel"
80. "Post Card".