The 2nd International
Haiku Conference was held on May 15-17, 2015
in the Museum of Japanese Art
and Technology Manngha, in Kraków.
The participants of the
Conference came to Kraków from Poland
and different countries, e.g. Japan, Germany,
Bulgaria, USA, Sweden, The Nederlands, Lithuania, UK and more.
The Conference was convened in
conjunction with the fourth edition of The Miłosz Festival and was dedicated to Miłosz
and his work with haiku as well as to haiku generally
in Poland and Europe.
There were numerous interesting
presentations and round-table discussions about traditional and
modern haiku, haibun and haiga during the Conference.
Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004) is
a Polish national treasure. He was poet, writer, and
translator and awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. He also wrote haiku and
translated from English into Polish haiku of Basho, Buson, Issa.
Robert Kania & Irena Iris Szewczyk at the Manngha
The Wawel Cathedral and Gardens
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| Kraków Hackney Cab |
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The Wawel Castle in Kraków
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