Mike Subritzky's Bio

"Subritzky is regarded as the 'Kiwi Kipling' and writes his war poetry in the gritty, in your face style of the barrack room and the forward trench".
The Pangolin Times.

Name: Mike Subritzky
Location:  New Zealand
Favourite Poet:  Banjo Paterson
Favourite Poem:  "Mulga Bill's Bicycle"

Background:  Born in Kati Kati, New Zealand, from an old Polish noble family (ennobled Poland 1495).  Education: Saint Joseph's Convent Waihi, Waihi College. Retired professional soldier. Captain.  Served in the Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Artillery, Royal New Zealand Air Force, US Navy Task Force 43 Antarctica, Polish (Independent) Reserve Brigade.  13 Tours of Duty.

New Zealand War Poet.  Numerous published papers, documents, articles and poems in a wide variety of media; a dozen books on a variety of subjects and, The Subritzky Legend (Heritage Press, 1990) - Official New Zealand Sesqui Centennial Project, The Vietnam Scrapbook "The Second ANZAC Adventure" (Three Feathers, 1995), History of the Polish Government (in exile) 1939-1990 (Three Feathers, 1996).  Nominated for New Zealand Book of the Year Awards 1996; named Book of the Quarter by Texas State University April - June 1998; honoured by the NZ ex-Vietnam Services Association by having a copy of his book The Vietnam Scrapbook "The Second ANZAC Adventure" laid at the Vietnam War Memorial "Wall" in Washington D.C. during the 1997 pilgrimage; awarded the American Vietnam Veterans (honourary) Distinguished Service Medal 1997, citation "for his contribution to all veterans of the Asian conflict and immortalizing the Vietnam Veterans of New Zealand for all time".  US Congressional Cold War Citation 2000.  Numerous poetry awards. Currently working on "The Flak Jacket Collection", an anthology of personal war poems.  Most recent project, assisted with the official New Zealand Millennium Television Series "Our People Our Century" TVNZ, 2000.

Address:
Tannenberg Hall, 93 McNair Road, Te Awamutu 2400, NEW ZEALAND