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As a poet Ferenc debuted in 1958.[22] Her first published book of poems was Moje ryżowe poletko ("My rice field") in 1964.[23][24] Her works have appeared in dozens of anthologies and other collective publications in Poland and abroad.[25] She also published books with poems for children.[26] Together with her husband Zbigniew Jankowski, she founded the poetic group "Reda".[27] In 2004 and 2009 she was the laureate of the President of the City of Gdańsk Award in the Field of Culture.[28]
Dramatic events in the life of Ferenc, when she survived as a 9-year-old child, the Sochy massacre by the German occupiers on 1 June 1943, in which she lost both parents[33] – were described in a book titled Mała Zagłada ("A Little Annihilation") written by her daughter, poet Anna Janko.[34][35][36]
The book Mała Zagłada ("A Little Annihilation") by Anna Janko became the canvas for the creation of the film Natalia Koryncka-Gruz entitled "A Minor Genocide" (Mała zagłada).[37][38] The film reminds of the tragic fate of Ferenc and the inhabitants of the village of Sochy in the Zamość region, victims of the massacre. The consequences of war and war crimes in subsequent generations, families of victims of genocide are also shown.[39][40][41]
In her poetry, Ferenc touches on topics related to love, corporeality and motherhood. In her poetry she also often returns to the tragedy of her childhood – in 1943, as a nine-year-old child, she witnessed how almost all residents (including her parents) were shot by the Germans; the village itself was then bombed and burned (hence the fire motif returns in its poetry).[85][86]
Ferenc wrote in the poem Wieś skamieniała (poem: "The village is petrified") about the Sochy massacre, which she survived in her childhood: "1 June 1943 on the edge of the Zwierzyniec forests
my village was shot. Sochy – like in Oradour in France, Sochy – like in Lidice in Czech Republic, Sochy – like in Mezzinote in Italy."[87]
Selected awards and nominations
1979 – Nagroda im. Stanisława Piętaka (Gdańska Książka Roku 1979 w dziedzinie poezji) za tom poezji Wypalona dolina ("The prize Stanisław Piętak ( Gdańsk Book of the Year 1979 in the field of poetry) for the poetry volume "Burned Valley"")[88]
1997 – wyróżnienie przyznane przez Fundację Kultury za Boże pole ("distinction awarded by the Culture Foundation for "God's field"")[89]
1997 – nagroda Media Książce (Gdańska Książka Wiosny) za Boże pole ("Media Book award (Gdańsk Spring Book) for "God's field"")[90]
2004 – Nagroda Artusa 2004 za zbiór Stara jak świat (""Artus Award 2004" for the collection "Old as the World"")[91][92]
2004 – nagroda Media Książce za rok 2004, za zbiór Stara jak świat (""Media Book" award for 2004, for the collection "Old as the World"")[93]
2013 – finał Nagrody Poetyckiej Orfeusz za tom Widok na życie (final of the Orpheus Poetry Award for the volume A view of life)[94]
^Lukas, Richard C. (2012). Zapomniany Holokaust. Polacy pod okupacją niemiecką 1939–1945 [The Forgotten Holocaust. The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939–1944] (in Polish). Poznań: Dom Wydawniczy Rebis. ISBN978-83-7510-832-3., p. 68.
^Kuncewicz, Piotr (1995). Leksykon polskich pisarzy współczesnych [Lexicon of Polish contemporary writers] (in Polish). Warsaw: Graf-Punkt. ISBN83-86091-29-0., p. 219.
^Ferenc, Teresa (2017). "Wiersze. Wybor." Ferenc Teresa ["Poems. Choice." Ferenc Teresa] (in Polish). ISBN978-8364708251.
^Kuncewicz, Piotr (1995). Leksykon polskich pisarzy współczesnych [Lexicon of Polish contemporary writers] (in Polish). Warsaw: Graf-Punkt. ISBN83-86091-29-0., p. 219.
^Borkowska, Grażyna; Czermińska, Małgorzata; Philips, Ursula (2000). Pisarki polskie od średniowiecza do współczesności [Polish writers from the Middle Ages to the present day] (in Polish). Gdańsk: Słowo Obraz Terytoria. ISBN83-87316-74-1.
^Ciurysek, Agnieszka (13 August 2015). "Teresa Ferenc ze wsi Sochy" [Teresa Ferenc from the village of Sochy] (in Polish). Retrieved 12 February 2020., Wieś skamieniała (poem: "The village is petrified")
^Ciurysek, Agnieszka (13 August 2015). "Teresa Ferenc ze wsi Sochy" [Teresa Ferenc from the village of Sochy] (in Polish). Retrieved 12 February 2020.
^Ciurysek, Agnieszka (13 August 2015). "Teresa Ferenc ze wsi Sochy" [Teresa Ferenc from the village of Sochy] (in Polish). Retrieved 12 February 2020.
^Ciurysek, Agnieszka (13 August 2015). "Teresa Ferenc ze wsi Sochy" [Teresa Ferenc from the village of Sochy] (in Polish). Retrieved 12 February 2020.
^Ciurysek, Agnieszka (13 August 2015). "Teresa Ferenc ze wsi Sochy" [Teresa Ferenc from the village of Sochy] (in Polish). Retrieved 12 February 2020.
^"Gdańska Książka Roku 2004" [Gdańsk Book of the Year 2004] (in Polish). 25 February 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
^Ciurysek, Agnieszka (13 August 2015). "Teresa Ferenc ze wsi Sochy" [Teresa Ferenc from the village of Sochy] (in Polish). Retrieved 12 February 2020.