Biographies of Award Winners for Issue -IX, April 2010
Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan (Enchanting Poet
Award Winner)
Jovica Tasevski - Eternijan (born 25 July 1976, Skopje) is a renowned Macedonian poet, essayist and literary critic. He graduated from the Comparative Literature Department, Faculty of Philology "Blaže Koneski" in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Works in National and University Library "St. Clement of Ohrid" - Skopje as a Head of Sector Bibliographic Centre and Referral Centre. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Macedonian literary magazine "Stremež" and a consultant for Macedonian poetry of the director of "The Other Voices International Project" - an anthology of world poetry, included in the World Poetry Directory of UNESCO.
Books: "Нешто се слуша" ( Something Can Be Heard, poetry, 1995), "Визии. Глагол" (Visions. Verb , poetry, 1997), "Веда" (Lightning , poetry, 1998), "Постојното, плимата" (The Constant, the Tide , literary criticism, essays and studies, 2000), "Клатно" (Pendulum , poetry, 2001), "Небесни стражи" (Heavenly Guards , poetry, 2004), "Посоки и огледи" (Directions and Reflections , literary criticism, essays and studies, 2006), "Синтакса на светлината" (The Syntax of the Light , selected poems, volume 91 in capital project "Macedonian Literature", 2008).
With Maja Apostoloska he edited an anthology of Macedonian poetry with religious, biblical and apocryphal motifs, published as a special issue of magazine "Stremež". Also he is compiler of anthology of youth Macedonian poetry, entitled "Unidentified Celestial Bosom" (2001).
His poetry have appeared in many literary magazines, it is represented in a number of anthologies and has been translated into several languages. He is a member of the Macedonian Writers' Association, The Poetry Society and of the World Poets Society.
N.D. Professor Marialuisa Marino H.E.(Editors
Choice-I award winner)
In her Words...
"My first published book was 'Beyond Fantasy, Poetry and Paintings' in 2001. Followed by 'Merry Mischief' which is about the story of young Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. This was published by Leppi Publications with her permission and I received a thank you letter from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Other books available in my collection include 'The Fantastical Journeys of George Green' - the miller mathematician of Nottingham, these books contain further examples of both my art and poetry."
"My first published book was 'Beyond Fantasy, Poetry and Paintings' in 2001. Followed by 'Merry Mischief' which is about the story of young Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. This was published by Leppi Publications with her permission and I received a thank you letter from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Other books available in my collection include 'The Fantastical Journeys of George Green' - the miller mathematician of Nottingham, these books contain further examples of both my art and poetry."
Uma Chatterjee(Editor's choice-II award
winner)
She is a teacher of English in Santiniketan, Visva-Bharati
Saptarshi Dutt(Editor's Choice -III Award
Winner)
Saptarshi Dutt, a poet and writer based in
West Bengal in India is the Editor of the journal Mirror of Times.He has been
published in many journals and magazines.He works as assistant librarian at
Santi Institute library.
Biographies of Award Winners for Issue -X, July2010
Patricia Prime(Enchanting Poet Award Winner)
Patricia Prime is one of the most deeply
respected Internationally acclaimed poet.She is co-editor of the haiku journal
Kokako, a selection editor for Haibun Today, reviews editor of the Australian
online magazineStylus, one of the judges for the Seashell Game for Haiku
Presence (UK), and poetry judge for MetVerse Muse (India). Patricia has won
several awards for her haiku, tanka and haibun, and has published several books of collaborative
poetry: Sweet Penguins, The Place Where, Every Drop Stone Pebble (with two
other poets), and her own collection, Accepting Summer. She has edited an
anthology of new and established New Zealand writers, Something Between
Breaths. Patricia has recently published a renku,Saint Brigid's Day, written
with two UK poets, and a self-published haiku chapbook, East Cape, in
collaboration with Catherine Mair. Patricia is working on a collection of her
tanka. She has contributed a great deal to the growth of poetic essence among
masses not only through her poetry but her book reviews and interviews.
K Satchidanandan(Editor's Choice)
K Satchidanandan is a major Indian Poet, Editor, Critic and Translator. He was the Editor of Indian literature Journal and the Executive head of Sahitya Akademy.He has to his credit 22 collections of poetry besides many selections, 16 collections of translations of poetry and 19 collections of essays on literature, language and society-three of them in English- besides four plays and three travel narratives.
Biographies of Award winners for ISSUE-XI, Nov' 2010
Dr. Ram Krishna Singh(Enchanting Poet Award
Winner)
Brought up and educated in Varanasi, India Ram Krishna Singh is a university professor teaching English language skills to students of earth and mineral sciences. He has authored over 150 research articles and 160 book reviews in journals in all over the world.
He has been writing poems in English for over three decades now and has been widely anthologized and published in various journals and ezines.
A book on his poetry, NEW INDIAN ENGLISH POETRY: AN ALTERNATIVE VOICE: R.K.SINGH (ed: I.K.Sharma) appeared in 2004.
His book, VOICES OF THE PRESENT (2006) is a collection of critical essays on some Indian English poets, while THE RIVER RETURNS (2006) is a collection of his Tanka and Haiku. SEXLESS SOLITUDE AND OTHER POEMS (2009) is his newest poetry collection. .
At present he is the Professor & Head, Dept of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad-826004 India.
Michael H Brownstein(Editor's Choice)
Michael H. Brownstein has been widely published throughout the small and literary presses. His work has appeared in The Café Review, American Letters and Commentary, Skidrow Penthouse, Xavier Review, Hotel Amerika, After Hours, Free Lunch, Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, The Pacific Review and others. In addition, he has eight poetry chapbooks including The Shooting Gallery (Samidat Press, 1987), Poems from the Body Bag (Ommation Press, 1988), A Period of Trees (Snark Press, 2004) and What Stone Is (Fractal Edge Press, 2005).
Brownstein taught elementary school in Chicago’s inner city (he is now retired), but he continues to study authentic African instruments with his students, conducts grant-writing workshops for educators and the State of Illinois Title 1 Convention, and records performance and music pieces with grants from the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs, the Oppenheimer Foundation, BP Leadership Grants, and others.
