VLADIMIR ŠUK

Rođen je 5. ožujka 1956. u Zagrebu, živi u Oroslavju. Diplomirao na Fakultetu za vanjsku trgovinu u Zagrebu. Radio je u turizmu, bio ravnatelj otvorenog učilišta Oroslavje. Licencirani je sudac za nordijsko skijanje, tajnik saveza ekoloških udruga (SEU) Krapinsko-zagorske županije. Amaterski se bavi slikarstvom i karikaturom, član je likovne radionice Lipa iz Gornje Stubice, iza njega je nekoliko izložaba. Poeziju objavljuje od školskih dana te je zastupljen u brojnim zbornicima, časopisima, recitalima i festivalima kajkavske lirike i glazbe te lirike na hrvatskome književnom jeziku (Kaj, Marulić). Za svoje je stihove nagrađivan. Član je i jedan od osnivača ‘Hrvatsko-zagorskoga književnog društva’, član uredništva Eko-listeka, Oroslavje, te član nekoliko redakcija listova i časopisa. Objavio je knjigu Cor non mentitur (Srce ne vara) te zbirku poezije na kajkavskome narječju Žmah muoje grude. Haiku objavljuje u zbornicima i časopisima u Hrvatskoj i Japanu te sudjeluje u radu haiku-recitala i susreta u Hrvatskoj. U pripremi za tisak ima dvije zbirke haiku-poezije.

Born on March 5th 1956 in Zagreb, lives in Oroslavje. He graduated from the Faculty for Foreign Trade in Zagreb, worked in tourism and was the head of the People’s Academy, Oroslavje. He is the licenced judge for the nord skiing and a secretary of the union of the ecological associations for the County of Krapina-Zagorje. He is a painter (amateur) and a caricaturist, a member of the art workshop Lipa from Gornja Stubica, with several exhibitions behind him. He has published poetry since grammar school and has been represented in a number of joint poetry collections, journals, recitals and festivals of kajkavian lyrics and music, and poetry in Croatian literary language. He has received a number of awards for his poetry. He is a member and among the founders of Croatia-Zagorje literature association, a member of Eco-paper, Oroslavje, and a member of several editorial journals and magazine teams. So far he has published a book The heart lies not and a poetry collection in the Kajkavian dialect. Haiku he publishes in joint collections and journals in Croatia and Japan, takes part in haiku recitals in Croatia. Ready for publishing are his two haiku collections.

1. 7. haiku dan/7th Haiku Day - Dubravko Ivančan, Krapina 2005 - izbor/Choice of haiku;

2. 4. haiku dan/4th Haiku Day - Dubravko Ivančan, Krapina 2002 - izbor/Choice of haiku;

3. Haiku-zbornik Ludbreg 2005/Miscellany of Ludbreg Haiku Meeting 2005;

4. The 40th A-Bomb Memorial Day-Haiku Meeting, Kyoto 2006;

5. Kloštranski haiku zbornik/Kloštar Ivanić Haiku Miscellany 2004 - izbor/Choice of haiku