World Haiku Festival

PARTECIPANTS: FOREIGN COUNTRIES - 2

鎌倉　佐弓　 日本

Sayumi Kamakura (Japan)

Szajumi Kamakura (Japán)

Sayumi Kamakura was born in Japan, 1953. She began composing haiku in her teens. From 1998 she has bee Editor of the haiku magazine “Ginyu” with Ban'ya Natsuishi, She attended to international haiku or poetry festivals. She won the Modern Haiku Association Prize. She published 7 haiku collections, and co-authored 13 books. She also published, in both Japanese and English, A Singing Blue and A Crown of Roses. Her haiku translated into 11 languages. She is Treasurer of the World Haiku Association, Judge of the Haiku section of Japanese daily newspaper of The Asahi Shimbun’s Saitama culture. 

木村聡雄　日本

Toshio KIMURA (Japan)

Kimura Toshio (Japán)

Toshio KIMURA is a haiku poet, born in Tokyo, Japan in 1956.

His haiku collection in Japanese, Là-base (In the Distance), was published in 2001, and French translation of his haiku appeared in HAIKU - Anthologie du poème court japonais (Gallimard, nrf).

He was a member of Modern Haiku Association (gendaihaiku@bc.wakwak.com),

World Haiku Association, Haiku International Association and Japan PEN Club.

He was Research Fellow at the University of London, and now is Professor of English at Nihon University. 

Toni Piccini (Italia)

Toni Piccini (Italy)

Toni Piccini (Olaszország)

Toni Piccini was born 1959 in Trieste, Italy. He wrote his first poems in local dialect and Italian, 'till he discovered the haiku universe. His works include haiku and haiga compositions. These have appeared in many Italian and Japanese publications and on websites launched from more than a dozen countries.  

His poems have appeared on Italian national radio and with his haiku he took part in the web-radio event ‘24 hours: A Day for the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimiation’ (March 2006), which was aired live across five continents. His personal show, entitled Costruir Levando (‘Making/A/Rising’), which constituted the first-ever Italian haiga exhibition, was featured at the 13th International Genoa Poetry Festival (2007); the last exibition is “ Haiga beyond the blu “. In November 2008, he represented Italy at the first Tokyo Poetry Festival.

丹下尤子 日本

Yuko Tange (Japan)

Tange Juko (Japán)

Yuko Tange was born in Japan in 1936, graduated from National Saitama University.

She has studied haiku under the direction of Ban’ya Natsuishi. Began to contribute haiku to “Ginyu” in 2002, became a regular contributor to “Ginyu” in 2004. A member of WHA. she has published haiku collection “ Injured Roses” in 2009. She is also an artist, painter, a Member of Japan Artists’ Association and International Association of Art, promoting exchanges between Japanese and foreign artists. She resides in Saitama City in Japan.

Rob Flipse (Kononkrjk der Nederlanden)

Rob Flipse (Netherland)

Rob Flipse (Hollandia)

Flipse Rob from Amsterdam met in 1960 the first haiku from M. Moritake, about the flower returning to a branch. Since then, haiku writing, it has always been a part of his poetic production.

Doc Drumheller (New Zealand)

Doc Drumheller (Új-Zéland)

Doc Drumheller: lives in New Zealand where he practices puppetry, music, poetry and edits and publishes the literary journal Catalyst. He has worked in award winning groups for theatre and music and has published seven collections of poetry. In 2009 he participated in the 5th World Haiku Association Conference and The Druskininkai Poetic Fall in Lithuania, where he became the New Zealand Ambassador to the Republic of Užupis. He currently teaches creative writing at the School for Young Writers.

Marius Chelaru (Romania)

Marius Chelaru (Romania)

Marius Chelaru (Románia)

Name: Marius Chelariu, Pen Name: Marius Chelaru; born on August 30, 1961; he lives in Jassy. He was editor/ editor in chief/ director of some cultural magazines or publishing houses. He contributes with articles, poems, essays, criticism, translations in magazines from more than 20 countries. He is a member of The Romanian Writers Society, a member of the Haiku Romanian Society, a member of World Haiku Association, member of Romanian Language Writers from Québec, Canada etc.. He published over 30 books.

Vasile Moldovan (Romania)

Vasile Moldovan (Romania)

Vasile Moldovan (Románia)

Vasile Moldovan was born in a Transilvanian village on 20 June 1949. He was cofounder(1991) and chairman of the Romanian Society of Haiku(2001-2009). Now he is vicechairman of this society. Vasile Moldovan published five haiku books – Via Dolorosa (1998), “The moon’s unseen face”(2001), “Noah’s Arch” (2003), Ikebana (2005) and “On a summer day…”(2010). Also he translated and edited the haiku book “The Embrace of Planets” by Japanese poet Ban’ya Natsuishi (2006). Some of Moldovan’s haiku was translated into Magyar Language and published in site Terebess Haiku. 

Ecaterina Zazu Neagoe (Romania)

Ekaterina Zazu Neagoe (Romania)

Neagoe Zazu Ekaterina (Románia)

Born on January 1th, 1956, in Prahova, Romania

Member of „Romanian Sociey of Haiku” Bucharest, Constanza, Member of „World Haiku Association”, Japan.

She published haiku in the anthology: ”World Haiku” 2007, Japan - „Haiku a gonfie vele verso l`Elba”, Capoliveri 2009, Italy - „Sea shells”, Constanza 2007,Romania - „Crickets and chrysanthemums”,Constanza 2007, Romania - „Haiku Romanian Anthology”, Bucharest 2010, Romania.

Also she published haiku in  the magazine: „Asahi Shimbun/ Internatiuonal Herald Tribune, ,Japan - „Ploc!”, Paris, France - „Albatros”, Constanza -  „Haiku”, Bucharest, Romania.

Valentin Nikolitov (Romania)

Valentin Nikolitov (Romania)

Valentin Nikolitov (Románia)

Valentin Nicoliţov was born on February 12 th, 1945, in Bucharest. He attends the Polytechnical Institute in Cluj-Napoca graduating with an engineer diploma in 1972. He begins his literary career in 1965. He continues to write with passion at the Romanian Writers Society, Military Writers Society and the Romanian Haiku Society in Bucharest. He is a President of the Romanian Haiku Society and Editor in chief for the redaction at the Romanian-Japanese cultural magazine HAIKU. He published lyrics, short stories, a haiku international anthology and a novel.

Amelia Stănescu (Romania)

Amelia Stanescu (Romania)

Amelia Stanescu (Románia)

Amelia Stănescu is a member of Romanian Writer’s Union, Romanian Writer’s Association, German’s de Bavaria (Germany) and Union of Romanian Professional Juornalist. She was the coordinator of student’s review Universitaria (2005-2008) and leader of festival Poets’s Spring at Costantza from 2007 to 2009. Amelia Stănescu has 6 lyrical book: „Căutători de cuvinte”, Maison d’Edition „Muntenia”, Costantza, 1993, „Doar mie mi-e frică”, Maison d’Edition „Leda & Muntenia”, Costantza, 1999, „Versuri/Gedichte”, édition bilingve, roumain-allemand, Maison d’Edition „Radu Bărbulescu”, München, 1999, „Poeme/Poemi”, édition bilingve, roumain-italien, Maison d’Edition „Ex Ponto”, Costantza, 2001, „Exaltata juxta aquas”, édition trilingve roumain-italien-allemand, Maison d’Edition „Ex Ponto”, Costantza, 2004, „Mecanica firii”, Maison d’Edition „Paralela 45”, Piteşti, 2005. Now she work at University of Costantza, she is a master of legal and economic French language.

Laura Vaceanu (Romania)

Laura Vaceanu (Romania)

Laura Vaceanu (Románia)

Laura Văceanu born on 15th February, 1948, at Bucu, Ialomitza District, is a teacher, poet, essayist, chief editor of Albatross who graduated from Philology Faculty of the Pedagogic Institute of three years, in Constanta and later she graduated the Philology Faculty at the Bucharest University, section: Romanian literature and language and The Popular Art School, section: canto -classic music in Constanta. She is a founder of the Haiku Society in Constanta from 1991, of Metafora literary Circle. Beginning with 1992 she participated in Haiku Festivals (1992, 1994) and at the National Colloquiums in 2007. In 2005 she participated in the First European Haiku Congress organized at Bad Nauheim, Germany. She introduced the teaching of haiku at the Literary Circle “Nippon Lyric Marks” in 2003.