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 |
__Did the conference determine what haiku is... or did they predict what it was to become?
OdpowiedzUsuń__Grand photos... that great historic area should remain unaltered_! _m
Thank you very much for your comment, Magyar.
UsuńAll lectures and discussion were interesting but nowadays haiku cannot be easily determined :) There is so many variations all over the world. You write haiku and you know this very well :)
All the best. Iris
Great to get together with other haiku lovers and writers.
OdpowiedzUsuńHi Bill,
Usuńexactly, you are absolutely right.
You can talk only about haiku without fear that someone is getting bored.
There was really great ambience during this conference.
All the best. Iris