ZLATKO SKOTAK
Rođen je 1950. godine u Zagrebu gdje živi i radi kao službenik u financijskoj agenciji. Haiku i srodne japanske forme
objavljuje u časopisima Vrabac/Sparrow i Haiku u Zagrebu. Zastupljen je u antologiji hrvatske haiku-poezije Otvoren put/An Open Road i 100 hrvatskih haiku/100 Croatian Haiku, Zagreb, 2000. Haikui su mu tiskani u zbornicima haikususreta u zemlji, a za svoje haikue primio je nekoliko nagrada i pohvala.Godine 2004. objavio je u Zagrebu knjigu Zvuk polarne svjetlosti/Aurora Borealis’ Sound, dvojezičnu (na hrvatskom i engleskom jeziku) zbirku haikua, senrjua, vaka i haibuna. Osim haikua piše i suvremenu poeziju koju objavljuje u časopisima za književnost Nova Istra, Književna republika i Književna Rijeka.
Zlatko Skotak, Veslačka 5, 10000 Zagreb
Born in 1950 in Zagreb where he lives and works. Haiku and literary works in the Japanese style he publishes in periodicals Vrabac/Sparrow and Haiku in Croatia. He is represented in the Croatian haiku anthology Otvoren put/An Open Road and 100 hrvatskih haiku/100 Croatian Haiku, Zagreb, 2000. Over the years his haiku has been published in collections at the meetings of haiku poets in Samobor, Ludbreg and Kloštar Ivanić. For his haiku he has received awards and commendments in Croatia and abroad.
He has published a book Zvuk polarne svjetlosti/Aurora Borealis’ Sound in 2004, being billingual, in Croatian and English, a collection of haiku, senryu, waka and haibun. He also publishes poetry in literary journals in Croatia.
1. Procvala lipa
miris zvijezda ima
okus meda.
... Blossoming lindens -
fragrance of the stars keeps
the sweet taste of honey.
2. Vrti se dalje
vjetrenjača bez vjetra
u ulju na platnu.
It still turns round,
the windmill without a wind
in the oil painting.
3. Zalazak sunca
sjena planine postaje
krijesnica.
Sunset
shadow of the mountain
becomes firefly.
4. Cijepanje drva
u snježnoj tišini
nadaleko se čuje.
Chopping of wood
can be heard far away
in the snowy silence.
5. Planina baca
sjenu na ravnicu
oblak na planinu.
The mountain throws
a shadow on the valley,
the cloud onto the mountain.
6. Tutnjavu vlaka
u bijelu tišinu
zameo snijeg.
The rattle of the train
covered with snow.
The white silence.
7. Crni oblaci.
Rijeka se slijeva
u oluju.
Black clouds.
The river flows
into the storm.
8. Otvoreni prozor
vjetar ima oblik
nabora zavjese.
Open window
the wind has a shape
of curtain folds.
9. Tragovi pataka
iz blata nestaju
u bistrom jezeru.
The duck’s tracks
disappear from the mud
in a clear lake.
10. Sunce je zašlo
Iz mračne dubine jezera
sjaj zvijezda.
... The Sun sets ...
From the dark depth of the lake
glittering stars.
11. Mak na vjetru
u polju raži
njiše sjećanja.
Poppy on the wind
in a field of rye
cradling memories.
12. Zimsko jutro
iz dima seoskih dimnjaka
pada snijeg.
Winter morning
snow is drifting out of the
village chimneys.
13. Mreškaju jezero
miris jasmina i šum
vjetra u oblacima.
Jasmine’s fragrance and
the rustle of wind among clouds
wrinkling the lake.
14. Otok u jezeru
plovi kroz oblake
ne mičući se.
The isle in a lake
is sailing through the clouds
without movement.
15. Visoka planina
okružena ravnicama
potpuna osamljenost.
High mountain
... surrounded by plains ...
total solitude.
1. 1. nagrada Hrvatskog haiku društva, Samobor/1st Prize at the haiku contest of the Croatian Haiku Society, Samobor 1999;
2. 100 hrvatskih haiku, antologija za igru Haiku karte/100 Croatian Haiku, An anthology for the Haiku Cards Game, DHHP,
Zagreb, 2000 by Višnja McMaster;
3. Vrabac/Sparrow 2001 - uži izbor /Prime Selection;
4. Haiku Calendar/Rokovnik: International haiku contest in English, Ludbreg 2005 - pohvala/Honourable Mention;
5. Letni časi, Revija haiku društva Slovenije, jesen-zima 2004. br. 24/25;
6. Haiku Calendar/Rokovnik: International haiku contest in English, Ludbreg 2006 - pohvala/Honourable Mention;
7. Zbornik samoborskih haiku susreta/Samobor Haiku Meeting Miscellany 2005;
8. Zlatko Skotak: Zvuk Polarne Svjetlosti/Aurora Borealis’ Sound, 2004;
9. Haiku-zbornik Ludbreg 2002/Miscellany of Ludbreg Haiku Meeting 2002;
10. Haiku No. 17/18 Zagreb 2003;
11. Natječaj Otoka znanja i DHHP, Koločep 2006 - 1. nagrada/1st Prize;
12. Haiku Calendar/Rokovnik Ludbreg 2007;
13. http://www.karolina-rijecka.com/haiku_arhiva;
14. The 7th Suruga Baika Literary Festival - Award winning haiku
(www008.upp.so-net.ne.jp/mackie/baika/ );
15. Marijan Čekolj i Marinko Španović: Otvoren put / Free Road: Antologija hrvatske haiku-poezije/Croatian Haiku anthology,
Hrvatsko haiku društvo, Samobor 1999
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