kukavica da poje
al' rano joj je.
.
On this yet long day
Cuckoo should appear, sing --
too early, not yet spring.
.
-Dimitar Anakiev (tr. by the author)
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- Kamesan 亀さん
- Slovenia
- DIMITAR ANAKIEV aka KAMESAN, 亀さん, ( b. 1960 in Belgrade ) began to write and publish poetry at the age of 13, and began writing haiku in 1985. He is the „father“ of many Balkan haiku projects such as „Haiku Novine“ ( Serbia ) and „Prijatelj“ and „Apokalipsa haiku edition“ ( Slovenia ). He is a co-founder of World Haiku Association ( 世界俳句協会 SEKAI HAIKU KYOKAI ) and co-editor of „Knots – An Anthology of Southeatern European Haiku Poetry“. Anakiev also editeted Slovenian haiku anthology „Pond of Silence“ and anthology of anti-war haiku „Piece of Sky“. Anakiev is the editor of prestigeous KAMASAN WORLD HAIKU ANTHOLOGY ON WAR, VIOLENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION with 903 haiku written in 35 languages by 435 poets from 48 countries and the author of 17 haiku collections. His awards include the European Award: The Medal of Franz Kafka, The Museum of Haiku Literature Award, Haiku Society of Amerika anual Merit Book Award, Ginyu Annual Award (Saitama), Shamrock Annual Readers Award (Irish Haiku Society) and prizes from Mainichi Daily News, Daily Yomiuri ( both Tokyo ) and Azami ( Osaka ). He also won several film awards including the National Slovenian Award for best documentary film.
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