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Sonia Mycak Sonia Mycak i(A21487 works by)
Born: Established: 1964 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Ukrainian
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1 Interview with Les Murray Sonia Mycak (interviewer), 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: The West Verandah : The Life and Work of Les Murray 2016;
1 y separately published work icon Shards of Life : Poems by Helen Boris Helen Boris , Sonia Mycak (editor), Seven Hills : Five Senses Education , 2016 14754942 2016 selected work poetry

'In 1949 a young woman originally from Ukraine alighted on the shores of Australia. She was a refugee, displaced through Soviet occupation of her homeland and the Second World War. She had lived the terror of dictatorship; grieved the death of family and friends; borne the loss of home and the destruction of any semblance of a normal life. 

'Helen Boris would go on to build a new life in Australia. From the earliest days, she wrote poetry, both in English and in her native Ukrainian.

'This is a selection of her English language verse, to share with the reader some fragments of her story, the “shards of her life”.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon The West Verandah : The Life and Work of Les Murray Sonia Mycak (editor), Seven Hills : Boraga Academic , 2016 10505975 2016 anthology criticism

'The life and work of Les Murray Les Murray is Australia’s leading poet and one of the greatest contemporary poets writing in the English Language. Presenting the work of critics and scholars from both Australia and abroad, this collection creates a synergy between local and international perspectives on the life and work of Les Murray.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Literary Cultures of Eastern European 'Displaced Persons' in Australia : Elena Jonaitis, Helen Boris, Pavla Gruden and Elga Rodze-Kisele Sonia Mycak , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , October vol. 11 no. 4 2014; (p. 423-435)

This paper draws upon findings from a project undertaken to interview writers who came to Australia as ‘Displaced Persons’ (DPs) after the Second World War, and examines the literary cultures within their communities. The focus is on four women writers, who exemplify the talent, resourcefulness, and contribution these immigrants made to literary and cultural life in Australia, and who significantly contribute to establishing alternative histories of Australian literature. The writers are Elena Jonaitis, originally from Lithuania; Helen Boris from Ukraine; Elga Rodze-Kisele from Latvia; and Pavla Gruden from Slovenia. The four women reveal how ethno-cultural identity and national attachments are an important aspect of these literary cultures. Their work also shows how their personal experience of immigration and the specificities of the DP experience impacts on literary production. These writers have had work published in their ethno-cultural community in Australia, their wider international diaspora and their original homeland. They have also established literary and cultural networks within their local community, and managed to engage a wider Australian audience. [Author's abstract]

1 A Model of Multicultural Literary Production : The Ukrainian-Australian Literary Field Sonia Mycak , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Made : A Multicultural Reader 2010; (p. 200-240)
1 Introduction Sonia Mycak , Amit Sarwal , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Made : A Multicultural Reader 2010; (p. 5-16)
1 y separately published work icon Australian Made : A Multicultural Reader Sonia Mycak (editor), Amit Sarwal (editor), Sydney : Sydney University Press , 2010 Z1780622 2010 anthology criticism Australian Made is a collection of essays about the writers, the readers and the texts of multicultural Australia. Despite the different approaches they take, the essays address a number of questions which are important for understanding Australian multicultural society and Australia's national literary culture.
How does multiculturalism intersect with different genres and generic conventions? How is cultural diversity expressed and enacted within life writing, women's writing, experimental writing, children's literature, poetry, prose and film? What does it mean to be a 'multicultural writer' in Australia today? What is a 'multicultural text'?
Presenting the work of critics and scholars from both Australia and abroad, this collection creates a synergy between local and international perspectives as it explores what it means for a writer or a reader to be 'Australian' and a text to be 'Australian made' (Publisher website).
1 Theorising Multicultural Literatures : Ukrainian Writing in Australia Sonia Mycak , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader 2009; (p. 243-249)
1 Case-study : Multicultural Literature Sonia Mycak , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Paper Empires : A History of the Book in Australia 1946-2005 2006; (p. 268-277)
‘Though Australia has always been culturally diverse, multicultural publishing on a significant scale really begins after the Second World War when immigration changed the very nature of society.Ten million immigrants have come to Australia since 1788. Of these, two-thirds arrived after 1947, making Australia one of the most multicultural countries in the world. A quarter of our population was born overseas, and many others have family experiences of migration. Any history of the book in Australia should take into account the literary productivity resulting from immigration and Australia's cultural diversity.’(Introduction 268)
1 Beyond Critical Orthodoxy : Theorising Multicultural Literatures in Australia Sonia Mycak , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Beyond Good And Evil? Essays on the Literature and Culture of the Asia-Pacific Region 2005; (p. 143-152)
1 Wedding Sandals Sonia Mycak , 2005 single work prose
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 49 no. 9 2005; (p. 58-66)
1 Transculturality in Australian Literature: Multicultural Writing Practices and Communities Sonia Mycak , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australasian Studies , vol. 1 no. 2004; (p. 59-66)
1 y separately published work icon Australasian Canadian Studies Sonia Mycak (editor), Robyn Morris (editor), 2004 Sydney : Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand , 2004-2008 Z1287340 2004 periodical (6 issues) Australasian-Canadian Studies offers a comparative analysis of Canadian and Australian - New Zealand cultures from multiple disciplinary perspectives.
1 Demidenko/Darville : A Ukrainian-Australian Point of View Sonia Mycak , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 21 no. 4 2004; (p. 111-133)
1 The Fabrication of Ukrainian-Australian Identity by Helen Darville Sonia Mycak , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Complicities : Connections and Divisions : Perspectives on Literatures and Cultures of the Asia-Pacific Region 2003; (p. 215-222)
Discusses Darville's literary hoax in the context of Ukrainian-Australian writers and writing.
1 The Authority of the I in the Wake of Postmodernism : Life-Stories and Cultural Identity Sonia Mycak , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Inter-Cultural Studies , August vol. 2 no. 2 2002; (p. 1-10)
1 The Forgery of Ethnic Identity: A Recent Australian Literary Hoax Sonia Mycak , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Trompe(-)l'oeil: Imitation and Falsification 2002; (p. 297-305)
1 y separately published work icon Explorations of Literary Communities and Systems Sonia Mycak , Evelyn Ellerman , Melbourne City : Centre for the Book, Monash University , 2002 Z1255093 2002 selected work criticism
1 Australian Multicultural Literature : Dynamics and Dilemmas of the Self Sonia Mycak , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literature and Aesthetics , November vol. 12 no. 2002; (p. 79-104)
1 Inter-Cultural Aspects in Australian Writing - New Australian Writers Explored Sonia Mycak , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Inter-Cultural Studies , February vol. 1 no. 1 2001; (p. 14-19)
Sonia Mycak reports on research involving interviews with 52 multicultural writers, in which each was asked about 'their writing history, the type of material they write, the language in which they write, subject matter, theme, their intention, what motivates them to write, who their audience is, publication, financial and other kinds of support, the influence of Australian literature on their writing, how they see themselves and the impact of immigration upon their work' (p. 15). Mycak points out that many of these writers 'experience a significant dislocation from mainstream Australian literary culture - they do not feel a part of it, and do not receive any acknowledgement from it. They are aware of it; it does not appear to know them' (p. 17).
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