Organized by The International Academic Forum
as part of The Third Annual Asian Conference on
Literature and Librarianship 2013
About the Award
Number of Entries: 171, from 30 countries (the highest from Croatia: 43; 25%;
then USA: 26, 16%; United Kingdom: 1
2, 7%; New Zealand, Romania, Serbia: 8,
4.6%...
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a butterfly un fluture
on my doorknob - pe clanţa uşii mele-
i wait in the rain aştept în ploaie...
na mojoj kvaki–
čekam na kiši
" Despite a successful international academic career as a renowned
mathematician, with professorships in Australia and the US, as well as
his native Croatia at the University of Zagreb, it is primarily as a
Japanologist and haiku poet that Vladimir Devide is now remembered.
Devide
was not only one of the world's most celebrated haiku poets, but a
tireless promoter of Japanese culture. If Croatia is now considered a
Haiku "superpower", with more poets practicing the art per capita than
any other nation, it is largely thanks to his efforts.
A full
member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Vladimir Devide has
won a number of awards and honours, including the Le Prix CIDALC
(1977), the Prize of the City of Zagreb (1982), and for his work as a
promoter of Japanese culture, the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure
(1983).
Vladimir Devide died in August 2010, and this competition pays tribute to his vision and passion for haiku."
