ZVONKO PETROVIĆ
Rođen je 28. studenog 1925. u Zagrebu, umro 28.IV.2009. u Varaždinu.
U suradnji s prof. Vladimirom Devidéom pokrenuo je i organizirao tiskanje našega prvog časopisa za haiku-poeziju Haiku
, koji je izlazio u Varaždinu od 1977. do 1981. godine. Može se reći da je taj časopis jedan od kamena temeljaca hrvatske poezije haiku, vrlo pozitivno ocijenjen u uglednome djelu The Haiku handbook Williama J. Higginsona.Zvonko Petrović objavio je tri zbirke haikua: Trenuci nezaboravka, 1971; Tragom vaših koraka, 1973; Kažiprstom u trenutak pogleda, 1987. Dobitnik je šest prestižnih nagrada za svoje haikue na natjecanjima u Japanu i uvršten je u antologije haiku-pjesništva u domovini i inozemstvu. Osim haikua piao je i ulančane pjesme - renge. Prva knjiga rengi tiskana mu je 1995. i sadrži 21 rengu.
Svaka renga sadrži 36 strofa, a uz Zvonka Petrovića (ko)autori su Vladimir Devidé i Tomislav Maretić. Dobitnik je prijelaznoga Ludbreškoga stupa haikupjesnika za 2004. godinu, priznanja koje se dodjeljuje na Ludbreškim haiku-susretima od 2003. godine. Objavljivao u prestižnim časopisima kao što su Frogpond, Azami, Kō, te je nagrađivan na najvećem svjetskom festivalu za haiku s nagradnim natječajem Ito-En 1991, 1992, 1993 i 1994. godine, te je primio i pismo zahvale hrvatskoga veleposlanika u Tokiju za promoviranje Republike Hrvatske u svijetu.
Osim haikua, objavio je knjigu poezije Impulsi mašte i zbilje (2003) kao i knjigu aforizama Usputne zabilješke.
Sudjelovao je na recitalima poezije haiku i surađivao u listovima, časopisima, zbornicima i godišnjacima kao esejist.
Autor je niza predgovora haiku-zbirkama i član prosudbenih komisija na natječajima za haiku-poeziju.
Umro je u Varaždinu s proljeća 2009. godine.
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Zvonko Petrović was born on November 28 1925 in Zagreb, died on April 28, 2009 in Varaždin. With Vladimir Devidé he started the haiku journal Haiku which was printed in Varaždin, and was its first editor in chief 1977 through to 1981. It may be said that this haiku magazine was part of the basis of the Croatian haiku poetry and was very well evaluated by William J. Higginson in his The Haiku Handbook.
Zvonko Petrović published three haiku collections: Trenuci nezaboravka(The Unforgotten Moments), 1971; Tragom vaših koraka (Tracing Your Steps) 1973; Kažiprstom u trenutak pogleda (With the Forefinger Into a Moment of a Gaze)1987. He was represented in numerous anthologies of haiku poetry home and abroad. Beside haiku he published a book of rengas in 1995 in co-autorship with Vladimir Devidé and Tomislav Maretić. He was the selector at domestic haiku contests and the author of numerous essays and book reviews. In 2004 he received the Ludbreg Column of Haiku Poets, a yearly travelling recognition which has been awarded at Ludbreg Haiku Meetings since 2003.
Beside haiku, he published Impulsi mašte i zbilje (The impulses of imagination and reality) and a Book of Aphorisms.
He took part in Croatian haiku festivals and published in journals, miscellanies and magazines for haiku. On Ito-En haiku contest in years 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 he received high awards and other commendations, he received a letter expressing thankfulness from the Croatian Ambassador in Tokyo, for the promotion of the Republic of Croatia in the World.
Zvonko Petrović died in Varaždin in Spring 2009.
1. Stablo jabuke
Krava ispod krošanja
Pase latice.
- Apple tree -
A cow under the branches
Grazes on the petals.
2. Klas pšenice
Ljuljuška se vrabac
Sa svojom gozbom.
- A wheat ear -
A sparrow rocks itself
With its feast.
3. Jutarnje inje
Svaka iglica bora
Nakostriješena.
- Morning rime -
Every pine needle
Bristling.
4. Oblaci suše
Ispod leptira žedna
Svibanjska trava
- Clouds of drought -
Thirsty May grass
Under a butterfly
5. Kiša
pada
zimska noć
Rain
is pouring
winter night
6. Leptir
krilima raspršuje
tišinu.
Butterfly
scattering silence
with its wings
7. Trešnjevo stablo
suhih krošanja s dvije
rascvale grane
Cherry tree,
a withered crown has
two boughs in blossom
8. More
o hrid mlati
žegu
The sea
against the cliff beating
the heat
9. Gore
sivost Dolje
snijeg
Grayness
above Snow
below
10. Suton
Jesen tiha
mirna
Dusk
Quiet peaceful
Autumn
11. Oluja
stablima lomi
zglobove
The thunderstorm
breaks the joints
of the trees
12. S ledenih siga
kaplju kapi
sunca
Ice stalactites
let drip drops
of the Sun
13. More
Čamac ispod
čamca
... The sea ...
A boat below
the boat
14. Latice trešnje
Pahulje u zvucima
Podnevnih zvona
Cherry petals
Fluttering within sounds
Of midday bells
15. U paučini
Dva žuta lista breze
Prkose vjetru
In the cobweb
Two yellow birch leaves
Defying the wind
16. Podne
Plavet prvih
Lasta
Noon
The blueness of the first
Swallows
17. Zalazak sunca
Porumenjen je suton
Morskih daljina
Sunset
Crimson is the dusk
Of the sea’s remoteness
18. Podnevna vrućina
Ukočen borik
Bučno cvrči
Midday heat
The stiff pine grove
Noisy chirping
19. Strašna oluja
Stropoštao se stari
Jablan na jablan
A frightfull storm
An old poplar fell down
Onto another poplar
20. Kutak smočnice
Mušice u mirisu
Trulih jabuka
A corner of the pantry
The gnats in the smell of
Rotten apples
21. Prvi koraci
U snježnoj bijelosti
Između kuća
The first foot prints
In snowy whiteness
Between the houses
22. Pahulje padaju
U miris
Toplog kruha
Snoflakes fall
Into the scent
Of warm bread
23. Dječji pogledi
Kroz bolničke prozore
Love leptire
Children’s eyes
Try to catch the butterflies
Out of hospital windows
24. U noćnoj magli
Svjetiljka umotana
U svoju sjenu
In the night mist
A street lamp wrapped
In its own shadow
25. Uz potok - magla.
Vrhovi jablanova
lebde u zraku
Fog over the brook.
Tops of poplars float
In the air
26. Iščeznu leptir.
Ipak još ga vidim u
Dječjem pogledu
Butterfly vanished.
I can still see it in
The child’s look
27. Ostatak ljeta
Zuji između stakla
I zavjese
The remains of summer
Buzzing between the pane
And the curtain
1-3. William J. Higginson: Haiku World, An International Poetry Almanac 1996;
4. Zbornik samoborskih haiku-susreta/Samobor Haiku Meeting Miscellany 2005;
5. Blithe Spirit Vol 14 No 3 in September 2004;
6. 100 hrvatskih haiku, antologija za igru Haiku karte/100 Croatian Haiku, An anthology for the Haiku Cards Game, DHHP,
Zagreb, 2000 by Višnja McMaster;
7. Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2006 - visoko pohvaljen haiku/Highly Commended Haiku/ http://www.vcbf.ca/qs/
page/3584/3019/-1;
8-10. Zbornik samoborskih haiku-susreta/Samobor Haiku Meeting Miscellany 2004;
11-12. Haiku, No. 13/14, Zagreb 1999;
13. The First International Ashiya Haiku Festa 2000 - nagrada/Award;
14-15. Zbornik samoborskih haiku-susreta/Samobor Haiku Meeting Miscellany 2002;
16-17. Haiku-zbornik Ludbreg 2003/Miscellany of Ludbreg Haiku Meeting 2003;
18. Haiku-zbornik Ludbreg 2005/Miscellany of Ludbreg Haiku Meeting 2005;
19-21. Kloštranski haiku zbornik/Kloštar Ivanić Haiku Miscellany 2006;
22. Knots, The anthology of southeastern European Haiku Poetry, 1999;
23-24; Marijan Čekolj: Vrabac/Sparrow, Antologija hrvatske haiku poezije/Croatian Haiku anthology 1990-2005;
25-26. Marijan Čekolj i Marinko Španović: Otvoren put/Free Road: Antologija hrvatske haiku poezije/Croatian Haiku anthology,
Hrvatsko haiku društvo, Samobor 1999;
27. Haiku No. 15/16, Zagreb 1999
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