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| DRAGAN J. RISTIC (1948,Nis), teacher of German language and literature translator (many books, most importante "Anthology of the shortest German stories",Belgrade 1993.) Writes short stories and haiku poetry. Books: "From the Diary of an Haijin", Prosveta,Nis, 1995, "Having an obsession" senryu, Punta, Nis 2000. Since 1996 he is Editor in chief of haiku magazine "Haiku novine" His haiku poetry (haiku, senryu, haibun, rengai) has appeared in Yugoslav haiku magazines and collections, in Japan, USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Poland, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Greece, Slovenia, Holland, Czechy, Norway and France. Presented in: "Haiku World" W.J.Higginson, USA 1997, "Rabengekraechze" Ingo Cesaro, Germany 1998, German DHG Anthology "Haiku 1998", "Knots" Anthology of Southeastern European Haiku Poetry, D.Anakiev,J.Kacian 1999, "A Piece of the Sky" Prague 1999, "Groschen gefallen" Ingo Cesaro, Germany 2000, "An Exchange of Gifts" New Zealand Poetry Society annual anthology 2001. Most importante awards for haiku: First Prize on AZAMI's Spring Haiku Contest (Japan 1997), Highly Commended, James Haket Award (England 1997), Award of Special Recognition, Haiku Headlines (USA 1997), First Prize on ITALIAN Spring Contest 1999, Honourable Mentions, HIA Haiku Contest (Japan 1999), The Inspirational Award, ASHIA Haiku Festa (Japan1999), First Prize on The 34th A-Bomb Day Memorial Haiku Meeting (Japan 2000), A Bee in the Cellofane (Nis, Punta, 2001). |
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| na starom panju lenjo se ceska macka - prolecno sunce |
kisa dobuje po glavi...misli mi u oblacima |
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| on the old log a cat rubs itself lazy - the mild spring sun (First Prize on "AZAMI's" Spring Haiku Contest 1997) |
the rain is beating on my head...my thoughts are in the clouds (Award of Special recognition, Haiku Headlines 1997) |
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| buket ljiljana - u zatvoru od celofana tumara pcela |
u punom autobusu znoje se i gundjaju - pijanac peva |
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| bouquet of lilies - in a cellofane prison a wandering bee (Highly Commended England 1997, German Anthology 1998) |
in a crowded bus sweating and grumbling - a drunkard singing (German DHS Anthology 1998, "Mirror",Canada) |
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| susti opalo lisce - psi vuku decake ili oratno? |
sokaci me docekuju mirisom pecenih paprika |
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| Rustling fallen leaves - the boys drawn by the dogs or the opposite? ("Haiku World" Anthology USA, "Azami" Japan, "Haiku" Romania) |
the side streets welcome me with the smell of baked paprika ("Mainichi Daily News" Japan, "KO" Japan, "Silarus" Italy, "Topos" Poland) |
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| miris tople kise pomesao se sa zvucima leta |
gromki glas prodavca pojacava crvenilo rasecene lubenice |
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| scent of warm rain mixing with the summer sounds ("Woodpecker" Holland, "Europoesie" France, "Prijatelj" Slovenija) |
seller's thundering voice strengthening the redness of sliced watermelon (Honourable Mentions HIA, Japan 2000) |
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