PAVAO KANIŽAJ - PAJO

Rođen je u Đelekovcu kraj Koprivnice, 22. srpnja 1939. godine, živi u Zagrebu gdje je i diplomirao na Filozofskom fakultetu. Pjesnik, satirik, aforističar, pisac za djecu, član Društva hrvatskih književnika, radio je kao glavni urednik humorističkih listova Paradoks, Paradoksi i Žalac, te Paradoks Petrice Pometa, humoristički prilog Večernjega lista. Uređivao je humorističke emisije, serijale i igrane serije za djecu i mladež na HRT-u gdje je bio urednik Umjetničkog programa. Objavio je 18 knjiga, a piše na hrvatskom standardu i kajkavštini.

Dobitnik mnogih domaćih nagrada za poeziju, humor i satiru, prve nagrade za aforizme na međunarodnome festivalu u Italiji. Napisao je stihove za četrdesetak slikovnica. Pisao je scenarije, kazališne predstave, radijske i televizijske emisije i surađivao na dva cjelovečernja crtana filma. Mnogo mu je pjesama uglazbljeno, a neke su i nagrađivane (Vužgi, Hrvatski kraj, Prsluk pucam, Moja domovina ...). Epigrami mu izlaze u satiričkim časopisima (Glas Podravine, Feferon, Hrvatski epigram, Feral Tribune ...) te su otisnuti u antologiji Hrvatski epigram Mladena Vukovića, Split 1994. Napisao je songove za crtane filmove Čarobnjakov šešir i Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića za koji je prema istoimenom romanu Ivane Brlić-Mažuranić napisao i scenarij.

Haiku piše dugi niz godina i objavljuje u časopisima, godišnjim izdanjima zbornika za haiku te antologijama, a nagrađen je i visokim nagradama u Japanu i Samoboru. Godine 1995. Objavio je zbirku haikua pod naslovom Srhovi.

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Born in Đelekovec in Podravina. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, lives in Zagreb. He was the Editor in chief of the satirical magazines Paradoks(Paradox), Paradoksi and Žalac(The Sting), as well as Paradoks Petrice Pometa (The Paradoxes of Petrica Kerempuh*), satirical attachment to daily newspaper Večernji list(The Evening News). He was editing humorous programs, serials and movies for children and the young on national television HRT where he was the editor of the Art program. He writes poetry, satirical texts and novels, aphorisms and stories for children. He has publised 18 books and is a member of the Association of Croatian Writers, Zagreb.

He has received many domestic awards for poetry, humor and satirical texts, the first prizes for aphorisms at the International Festival in Italy. He has written verses for forty picture books for children, screenplays, many theatre plays, radio and TV programme, screenplays for two animated cartoons. Many of his poems have been set to music and received awards, as well. His epigrams are printed in satirical journals throughout Croatia and in the anthology by Mladen Vuković, Split 1994.

Haiku he has writen for many years and publishes in journals and magazines for haiku, yearly collections issued upon gatherings of the haiku poets. His haiku have been printed in anthologies in Croatia and received n awards in Croatia and Japan. He published a haiku collection named Srhovi (Shudders) in 1995.

1. Zbornik samoborskih haiku-susreta/Samobor Haiku Meeting Miscellany 1995;

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. Zbornik samoborskih haiku-susreta/Samobor Haiku Meeting Miscellany 2004;

4-5. Vladimir Devidé: Hrvatski haiku ‘96. Književna smotra, Godina XXVIII/1996, br. 100 (2);

6-8. Haiku No. 17/18, Zagreb, 2003;