[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 27, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1163]
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                        IN HONOR JOANNA TRZECIAK

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 27, 2012

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Joanna Trzeciak of 
Cleveland, Ohio, who placed among the final four contestants in the 
International category of Canada's Annual Griffin Poetry Prize Contest.
   The Griffin Poetry Prize Contest accepts poetry that is either 
written or translated from other languages. The contestants are in 
either the Canadian or International category of the competition. Ms. 
Trzeciak competed with her translation of a book of poems by the Polish 
poet Tadeusz Rozewicz. Rozewicz was born in Ramomsko, Poland in 1921 
and published his first collection of poems when he was 26. Rozewicz 
was Trzeciak's father's favorite poet.
   Ms. Trzeciak is a native of Poland and currently lives in Cleveland 
Heights. She is a professor in the Implied Linguistics, Institute for 
Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies at Kent State 
University.
   Trzeciak's scholarly research has been awarded Fulbright and Woodrow 
Wilson Fellowships. Her translations have appeared in The New Yorker, 
The Times Literary Supplement, Harper's Magazine, and The Atlantic 
Monthly, among others. Placing among the top four final contestants, 
Ms. Trzeciak won $10,000 and gained exposure for Rozewicz.
   Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honoring Joanna 
Trzeciak and congratulating her on her accomplishments in the field of 
poetry and in Canada's Annual Griffin Poetry Prize Contest.

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