ŽELJKO FUNDA
Rođen je 1950. u Varaždinu, gdje i živi i radi kao srednjoškolski profesor engleskog jezika u Prvoj varaždinskoj Gimnaziji. Diplomirao je komparativnu književnost i engleski jezik na zagrebačkome Filozofoskom fakultetu. Član je Društva hrvatskih književnika.
Objavio je devet knjiga: novele, kajkavsku poeziju, ‘haibunaste tekstove’,
priče za djecu, kajkavski roman, Malu kajkavsku gramatiku. Godine 2004. dobio je Nagradu Katarina Patačić za najbolju knjigu na kajkavskom te 2005. godine Galovićevu nagradu. Preveo je na kajkavski sve Shakespeareove sonete i objavio ih 2000. godine. Uvršten je u brojne zbornike i antologije kajkavske poezije. Za kajkavsku poeziju na recitalima u Mariji Bistrici, Ivancu i Varaždinu osvojio je tri prve nagrade.Jedan je od pokretača Haikua, prvoga jugoslavenskog/hrvatskog haiku-časopisa (izlazio od 1977. do 1981), uvršten mnoge međunarodne zbornike i antologije haiku-poezije. Dobitnik je više od dvadeset nagrada i priznanja na međunarodnim natječajima u Japanu. U zadnje vrijeme izvodi „koanovske haiku-hepeninge“ na haiku-susretima u Hrvatskoj. Utemeljitelj je i sponzor Nagrade Graševina, koju već šest godina sam dodjeljuje na Samoborskim haikususretima, te inicijator prijelaznoga Ludbreškoga stupa haiku-pjesnika, priznanja koje se dodjeljuje na Ludbreškim haiku-susretima od 2003. godine i njegov dobitnik za 2005. godinu. Bio je selektor na nekoliko haiku-natječaja. Piše recenzije i eseje o haiku-poeziji u domaćim tiskanim i elektroničkim medijima.
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Born in Varaždin, 1950, he got his degree in comparative literature and the English language from the Faculty in Zagreb. Now a secondary school teacher of English in Varaždin, a writer and a member of Croatian Writer’s Association, Zagreb.
He has published three books of Kajkavian poetry, a book of short stories, a book of short stories for children, a novel in Kajkavian, a book of „haibunish texts“, a Kajkavian grammar book, and collection of 100 sonets. Translated all Shakespeare’s sonnets in Kajkavian. He has received some very respectable recognitions for his work in Kajkavian.
One of the founders of the first Yugoslav/Croatian haiku magazine, entitled Haiku (Varaždin, from 1977 to 1981).
Represented in a number of haiku gatherings booklets and haiku anthologies in Croatia and abroad and on Internet.
The winner of more than 20 prizes and commendations for his haiku, mostly at international haiku contests in Japan.
Recently obsessed with „koan haiku happenings“, which he performs at haiku meetings in Croatia. The founder and sponsor of Graševina Award, which he has been presented at Samobor Haiku Meetings and the initiator (and the winner, 2005) of the the Ludbreg Column of Haiku Poets, a travelling recognition which has been awarded yearly at Ludbreg Haiku Meetings since 2003. He is a selector at several haiku contests. He writes reviews of haiku books and essays on haiku-related subjects.
1. List
pokriva rupu
u mojoj cipeli.
– Leaf -
patching a hole
in my shoe.
2. Subotnje čišćenje.
Latice ruže nestaju
u usisavaču.
Saturday cleaning.
Rose petals disappearing
in the cleaner.
3. Prvi snijeg.
Ježevke kestena
pune se pahuljama.
First snow.
Chestnut shells
getting full of flakes.
4. Spušta se tama.
Paun sklapa
rep.
Dusk approaching.
The peacock is folding up
his tail feathers.
5. Zalijevam.
Između mene i ruže
duga.
Watering.
Between the roses and me
a rainbow.
6. Natovaren kapljom rose,
klizeći polako
puž.
Loaded with a dewdrop,
- sliding peacefully -
a snail.
7. Početak lipnja.
U praznoj puževoj kućici
miris lipe.
June beginning.
In the empty snail shell
smell of linden.
8. Selsko dvorišče.
Čokljava čuča hoče
na tikvu.
Back farmyard.
Limp chicken trying
to climb a pumpkin.
9. Jasna noć.
Novčići u fontani
bliješte sa zvijezdama.
Clear night sky.
The coins in the fountain
glitter with the stars.
10. Besana noć.
Ćela njenog supruga
svijetli na mjesečini.
Sleepless night.
The husband’s bald head
shining in the moon.
11. Senokoša.
Steza se zgublja
med ivanščicam.
A meadow.
The lane is getting lost
among the oxeye daisies.
12. Stari voćnjak.
Puževa kućica zauzeta
laticom šljive.
The old orchard.
The snail shell is occupied
by a plum petal.
13. Kosim travu.
Cvjetovi tratinčica
l’jepe mi se za hlače.
Mowing the grass.
The daisy flowers sticking
to my trousers.
14. Plaža ujutro.
Mravi odnose ostatke
jučerašnjeg dana.
Beach in the morning.
The ants are carrying away
yesterday’s remains.
15. Mirna noč.
Semenke vrbe letiju
čez selsko groblje.
A quiet night.
Willow seeds are flying
through the country graveyard.
16. Trenutak
list u padu pretječe
pahulju.
One moment –
a falling leaf overtaking
a falling snowflake.
17. Pusta obala.
More puni i prazni
školjkicu.
Lonely waterfront.
The sea’s filling and emptying
a small shell.
18. Riječi
u kovitlanju
s pahuljama.
Words
whirling
with snow.
19. Zmed turistov
i kipa kaj ga slikaju
opada list.
Among the tourists
and the statue they photograph
a falling leaf.
20. Proljeće u parku:
sa sjenkama stabala
raste trava.
Spring in the park:
with the shadows on the trees
the grass is growing.
21. Noćno pecanje.
Plovak miruje
u mjesecu.
Night time fishing.
The float is still
in the Moon.
22. Selsko dvorišče.
Stari plot kerpaju
vejke slaka.
A farmyard.
Bindweed tendrils patching
the old fence.
23. Vodoskok.
Mlaz uporno razbija
moju sliku.
A fountain.
The spurt stubbornly breaking
my picture.
24. Iz visoke trave
jelen rogovima
bode nebo.
From the tall grass
by the horns the deer
stabbing the sky.
25. Travanjski dan.
Ispod šljive spava pas
pun latica.
Nice April day.
Under the plum tree a dog asleep
full of petals.
26. Lokva u snijegu
premalena
za sve vrapce.
- Snow puddle -
not big enough
for all the sparrows.
27. Nepomičan ocean.
Na naftnom tankeru
odmara se ptica.
Motionless ocean.
On the oil tanker
a bird resting.
28. Nesanica.
Iz toaletnog stola
čuje se crv.
Insomnia.
From the dressing table -
a worm drilling.
29. Diže se magla.
Zamrznutim potokom
prolaze srne.
Fog rising.
Deer are passing across
the frozen brook.
30. Pod laticom ruže
nestala
cijela tratinčica.
Under a rose petal
the whole daisy flower
disappearing.
1. Ito-En, International Haiku Contest, Tokyo, Japan 1999 - posebna nagrada/Special Award, Knots, The anthology of southeastern
European Haiku Poetry, 1999;
2. Ashiya, Japan, 1998, nagrada predsjednika Japanskog društva za klasični haiku/awarded by the president of the Japanese
Classical Haiku Association; World Haiku Poems Anthology WHC 2000;
3. Kusamakura, Japan 1998 - 3. nagrada/3rd Prize;
4. Ito-En, International Haiku Contest, Tokyo, Japan, 2000 - počasno priznanje/Honorable mention;
5. Kusamakura Japan 2000 - 2. nagrada/2nd Prize;
6. Ito-En, International Haiku Contest, Tokyo, Japan, 1997 - 2. nagrada /2nd Prize;
7. Kusamakura Japan 2002 - 2. nagrada/2nd Prize:
8. 4. Haiku-dan/4th Haiku Day - Dubravko Ivančan, Krapina 2006 - kajkavsko narječje/Kajkavian Dialect - 3. nagrada/3rd Prize;
9. Mainichi Haiku Contest, Japan 2003 - počasno priznanje/Honourable Mention;
10. Suruga Baika 2003 - počasno priznanje/Honourable Mention;
11. 6. Haiku-dan/6th Haiku Day - Dubravko Ivančan, Krapina 2006 - kajkavsko narječje/Kajkavian Dialect - 3. nagrada/3rd Prize;
12. HIA 2004. Nagrada-izbor oba suca/Award-choice of both judges - http://www.haiku-hia.com/nyusen_en06.html;
13. Kloštar Ivanić 2005 - hrvatski književni jezik/Croatian language - 2. nagrada/2nd Prize;
14. 7. Haiku-dan/7th Haiku Day - Dubravko Ivančan, Krapina 2006 - standard Croatian/2 nagrada/2nd Prize;
15. 7. Haiku-dan/7th Haiku Day - Dubravko Ivančan, Krapina 2006 - kajkavsko narječje/Kajkavian Dialect - 2 nagrada/2nd Prize;
16. Kloštar Ivanić 2005 - engleski jezik/Haiku in English - pohvala/Commendation;
17. Katikati 2004 - pohvala/Commendation;
18. Ito-En, Japan 2006 - 2. nagrada/2nd Prize;
19. Kloštar Ivanić 2005 - kajkavsko narječje/kajkavian Dialect category - pohvala/Commendment;
20. Pohvala na 8. slovenskom međunarodnom haiku-natječaju Apokalipsa 2005/Commendment on 8th Slovenian Haiku Contest
Apokalipsa 2005;
21. Haiku Calendar/Rokovnik, Ludbreg 2000 - 2. nagrada/2nd Prize;
22. 5. Haiku-dan/5th Haiku Day - Dubravko Ivančan, Krapina 2003 - kajkavsko narječje/Kajkavian Dialect - 3. nagrada/3rd Prize;
23. Kloštar Ivanić 2005 - hrvatski književni jezik/Croatian language - 2. nagrada/2nd Prize;
24. Željko Funda: Knjiga sendviča 2001;
25. Zbornik samoborskih haiku-susreta/Samobor Haiku Meeting Miscellany 2005;
26. Simply Haiku: A Quarterly Journal of Haiku and Related Forms, Spring 2005, vol 3 no 1;
27. Haiku Calendar/Rokovnik, Ludbreg 2006, Internationl Haiku contest in English - počasno priznanje/Honorable Mention;
28. Haiku No.17/18, 2003;
29. Zbornik samoborskih haiku-susreta/Samobor Haiku Meeting Miscellany 2001;
30. Haiku-zbornik Ludbreg 2003/Miscellany of Ludbreg Haiku Meeting 2001
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