BIO
Born on 13 July 1921 in Kielce; son of the lawyer Antoni Krzeczowski, and Zofia, née Chmielewska. He attended the Stefan Żeromski State High School and Grammar School in Kielce. He made his debut in 1935 with the poem Kopiec Marszałka Piłsudskiego (Marshal Piłsudski's Mound) in the school magazine "Młodzi Idą" (no, 13), which he went on to edit from 1937 to 1939. He also published articles and book reviews there. He was a member of his school's literary circle and of the regional poetry group Grupa Świętokrzyska "Gołoborze". In 1938, he published a collection of poetry with "Młodzi Idą" titled Siedemnasta wiosna (Seventeenth Spring). The same year he received the youth prize of the Atlas school publishing house (Nagroda "Młodych" Książnicy Atlas) for his short story Turniej (Tournament), his literary work and educational attainment. His poems, articles and reviews also appeared in "Młody Nurt" (1938), a Warsaw-based biweekly for school-age youth. He completed his advanced secondary education in 1939. He was called up in August that year to the Youth Labour Battalions (Junackie Hufce Pracy) in Węgierska Góra, near Żywiec, and fought in the September campaign at the start of the Second World War. After returning to Kielce, he was involved in conspiratorial activities as a member of the Secret Polish Army (Tajna Armia Polska). In 1941, he became involved in the Union of Armed Struggle (Związek Walki Zbrojnej – ZWZ) and then in the Home Army (AK), using the pseudonyms Brat Andrzej, Andrzej, and Korczak. Between 1939 and 1942, he worked as a secretary at a solicitor's office in Kielce and as an insurance auditor in Jędrzejów. Threatened with arrest from February 1942 to January 1945, he lived in Kotlice, near Jędrzejów, working as deputy director in the administration of the Kotlice Estate and Distillery. At the same time he also studied law at the secret courses of the Jagiellonian University (UJ) in Krakow. In January 1945, he became deputy director of the Voivodeship Department of Culture and Art in Kielce, before being appointed director in October that year. In 1945, he also co-founded a branch of Trade Union of Writers and Journalists (Zawodowy Związek Literatów i Dziennikarzy) and served as deputy chair of the Kielce Literary Club (Kielecki Klub Literacki). He was awarded a master's degree from the UJ Faculty of Law in May 1945. He became a member of the People's Party (Stronnictwo Ludowe) and the veterans' organization, the Union of Participants of the Armed Struggle for Independence and Democracy (Związek Uczestników Walki Zbrojnej o Niepodległość i Demokrację). In March 1946, he joined the diplomatic corps. He was appointed cultural attaché and vice consul at the Polish Embassy in Romania. In parallel he enrolled on the doctoral programme at the Faculty of Politics and Economics at the University of Bucharest. He co-founded the Polish Institute in the Romanian capital. In August 1946, he returned briefly to Warsaw and worked as an advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before being named consul in Baden-Baden (the French zone of occupation of Germany). Between 1948 and 1950, he deputized as consul at the Consulate General in Rastatt, where he led the mission to reclaim Polish works of art looted during the war. He was awarded doctoral degrees in international law from the University of Freiburg (1949) and in economics from Tübingen (1950). In February 1951, he quit the diplomatic corps and left for Canada together with his family. He lived in Montreal, where he worked as an economist for Canadair Ltd., before becoming vice president at Letham Simpson Management Consultants and director general of the Montreal branch of Werner Management Consultants Canada Inc. As a management and administration specialist, he published numerous works in these field. He was a member of many economics associations in Canada, the USA and Europe, including the Royal Economic Society, New York Academy of Science, and the Academy of Marketing Science. He moved to Toronto in 1970 and took up a post in university administration. Between 1971 and 1977, he was dean, deputy rector and then rector of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Ryerson University) in Toronto. He graduated from the Institute of Educational Management at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, in 1975. In 1976, he founded Canada's first private management school, the Canadian School of Management in Toronto, where he served as rector until 1986. He was also president of Northland Open University. He received six honorary doctorates from different institutions. He was a member of various Polish émigré organisations, associations and foundations, including serving as a member of the board and as vice president (later president) of the Canadian Polish Congress in Quebec (1960–67) and chair of the board of directors of the Canadian Polish Congress (1967–69). He was also co-organizer and chairman of the World Congress of Polish Communities and Poles from abroad in Toronto in 1978. He was a member of faculty at the International Management Centre in Buckingham, UK, and of the Union Graduate School in Cincinnati, USA. He was also a visiting lecturer at many universities, including the Polish University Abroad in London and Atlantic University, USA. He also co-founded the Institute of Graduate Studies in Puna, India. He was chair of the Ontario Advisory Council of Multiculturalism and also a member of the Advisory Committee on the Canadian Constitution. In the early 1970s he took up writing again, publishing volumes of poetry in Canada, the USA and, after 1995, primarily in Poland, where he also published short stories and memoirs. He was a member of the Union of Polish Writers Abroad (Związek Polskich Pisarzy na Obczyźnie). In 1981, he was named Man of the Year by the Ethnic Press Council of Canada. Between 1993 and 1997, he was Grand Master of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. He received awards and honours including the Gold Cross of Merit, the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1996), and various international medals, including the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (Order of Cyprus). He married Irena Latacz in 1944 (she died in 2005). He had a son, Andrew, (b. 1948). Korey-Krzeczkowski died on 30 January 2007 in Toronto; he is buried at the city's Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Twórczość
1. Poza pracami z zakresu ekonomii opublikował następujące utwory literackie:.
2. Siedemnasta wiosna. Poezje. Kielce: „Młodzi Idą” 1938, 17 s. Wyd. nast.: współwydane z wierszami J. Michalskiego, M. Przeździeckiego i M. Sołtysika pt. Gołoborze. Poezje. Kielce: „Młodzi Idą” 1938, 121 s.; reprint z podtytułem (Grupa Świętokrzyska). Poezje. Kielce: U Poety [2006].
4. Profile młodości. [Wiersze]. Kielce: „Młodzi Idą” 1939.
5. Rytm serca. [Wiersze]. Kielce: „Młodzi idą” 1939.
6. Tragiczna młodość. [Powieść]. Powst. 1939. Por. poz. ↑.
7. Liryki nostalgiczne. [Wiersze]. Albany, NY: Sigma Press 1972, 27 s.
8. Stubborn Thoughts. Toronto 1972. Por. poz. ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑.
9. Lunch w Sodomie. [Wiersze]. Albany, NY: Sigma Press 1976, 16 s.
10. Korey’s stubborn thoughts. [Aforyzmy]. New York: Sigma Press 1980, 42 s. Por. poz. ↑,↑, ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑,.
11. Tree of life. Poetic diary. Selected poems and thoughts. [Przeł.] W. Stelmaszynski. Toronto: Mosaic Press and Canadian Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations 1982, XIX, 116 s. Por. poz.↑ , ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑.
12. Wszędzie i nigdzie. [Wiersze]. Paris: Ed. Dembinski 1989, 44 s. Poezja Ponad Granicami.
13. Stubborn Thoughts = Natrętne myśli. [Aforyzmy]. Toronto: CSM Press 1993, 36 s. Wyd. nast. tamże: pt. Natrętne myśli. [Przeł.] M. Szmygin. 1994; pt. Stubborn Thoughts 1998. Por. poz.↑ , ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑.
14. Dojrzała pogoda. Wiersze i myśli. Oprac. K. Zapałowa. Kielce: Muzeum Lat Szkolnych Stefana Żeromskiego 1995, [20] s. Por. poz.↑, ↑, ↑, ↑↑,↑ , ↑.
Zawartość
15. Wiatry życia. Wiersze i myśli wybrane 1935–1995. Wyboru dokonał i posłowiem opatrzył S. Rogala. Aforyzmy przeł. [z angielskiego] M. Szmygin. Kielce: Gens 1995, 90 s. Por. poz. ↑, ↑↑, ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑.
16. Ród Korczak-Krzeczowskich. Linia senatorska kniaziowska. Red. S. Rogala. Kielce: Gens 2000, 147 s. Por. poz. ↑.
17. Trzynasty tom. [Wiersze; aforyzmy]. Kielce: Gens 2002, 120 s. Por. poz.↑, ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑, ↑.
Zawartość
18. Ujawniam wielką tajemnicę. Wstęp: S. Rogala. Kielce: Gens 2002, 93 s.
Zawartość
19. Navigators can. [Szkice]. Przedmowa: B. Tomczyk. East Lothian: Prestoungrange University Press 2003, 192 s.
Inne formy wydań
20. Ciekawe życie, ciekawi ludzie. Z opiniami innych o życiu i działalności Jerzego Korey-Krzeczowskiego. [Szkice, wspomnienia]. Kielce: Gens 2004, 280 s.
Zawartość
21. Uchylam tajemnicę. Jak odzyskałem część skarbów wawelskich. [Kraków]: Miniatura 2004, 47 s. Por. poz. ↑, ↑.
22. Widzieć dalej niż dziś. Rozmowa z Jerzym Korey-Krzeczowskim. [Rozm.] Edward Zyman. Katowice: Gnome — Wydawnictwo Naukowe i Artystyczne; Toronto: Polski Fundusz Wydawniczy w Kanadzie 2004, 95 s.
23. Przez życie i kontynenty. [Wybór wierszy]. Wstęp: S. Rogala. Kielce: Gens 2005, 151 s.
24. Wyjść losowi naprzeciw, czyli recepta na sukces. [Szkic wspomnieniowy]. Katowice: Gnome — Wydawnictwo Naukowe i Artystyczne 2005, 110 s.
25. Z mojego alfabetu. O ludziach, instytucjach i zdarzeniach. Toronto: Polski Fundusz Wydawniczy w Kanadzie; Katowice: Gnome—Wydawnictwo Naukowe i Artystyczne 2005, 126 s.
Zawartość
26. Poemat o ziemi. Berlin; Toronto: Polski Fundusz Wydawniczy w Kanadzie 2006, 13 s. Kolofon.
27. Powracam tutaj z własnej woli. Szkice i wspomnienia o wybranych twórcach Ziemi Świętokrzyskiej. Posł.: E. Zyman. Rzeszów: Stowarzyszenie Literackie-Artystyczne „Fraza” 2006, 141 s.
Zawartość
28. Barwy młodości. Posłowie: E. Zyman. [Powieść]. Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo „Otwarty Rozdział” 2007, 266 s.
29. Wiersze dla Ireny. Berlin; Toronto: Polski Fundusz Wydawniczy w Kanadzie 2007, 26 s. Kolofon. Druga Bibliofilska Seria Poetycka Polskiego Funduszu Wydawniczego w Kanadzie, t. 5.
Zawartość
Wybory utworów literackich w przekładach
angielski
Omówienia i recenzje
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