JULIUS KELERAS(Lithuania)

Haiku in English - II (trans. by Živilė Symeonidis)

Haiku in Japanese (trans. by Mariko Sumikura)

子らのシャツ

竿の先には

葉月星

Hangs up laundry.

August stars

Peek through children's shirt.

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草枕

果樹園の夢

ウクメルゲ

Pillow is on the ground.

Perhaps I was dreaming of current bushes -

in Ukmergė orchard - red, juicy.

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きみの手に

貯水池知らぬ

梨がある

A pear in your hand

knows nothing about the pond's waters

that watered it.

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子は迷う

林檎パイ、昼寝

どの部屋か

Childhood swings.

Pancakes with apples, midday nap.

Which room is this all in?

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鍵かけぬ

果樹園の暮れ

夏飛蝗

I unlock the door.

Pitch dark in the orchard.

The grasshopper remained in summer.

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聖夜来ぬ―

まだ懐かしき

イースターエッグ

Christmas is coming -

And I still linger

at the childhood's Easter egg.

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聖書開け

猫は爪とぎ

祖母は編み物

Open Bible.

Cat's paw strokes

grandma Genute's knitting.

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月光り

庭鼠追う

はや十月

Moon's flashlight

follows a mouse lost in the garden.

October already.

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物に名あり

知らねばならぬか

そのすべて

Things have names.

Do I need to know them?

All?

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目覚めたが

まだ闇の旅

野狐と

I woke up but I am still travelling

down the maze of the night

together with a homeless fox.

JULIUS KELERAS

born March 3, 1961, Vilnius, Lithuania

Poet, writer, children's literature writer, playwright, translator, photo artist

EDUCATION

Graduated from Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa Higher School of Music.

Graduated from Vilnius University, Department of Lithuanian Literature and was awarded BA degree. (BA thesis: The Philosophy of S. Daukantas' History).

1989 was admitted to University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

1992 was awarded Master's degree in Liberal Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1987 - Chief editor at Lithuanian Cinematography Studio, Assistant Professor at Vilnius University, Department of Lithuanian language and Literature.

1992-1995 editor and translator at Lumen/Logos publishing house, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1995-2001 Editor in chief of newspaper Draugas, published by Lithuanian Franciscan Fathers of New York.

MEMBERSHIP

1992 - present member of the international PEN club;

1999 - present member of Lithuanian Writers' Association;

2005 - present member of Lithuanian Photographers' Association

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1996 - 2000 Represented Lithuanian PEN center at PEN international congress.

1992 - present has published fourteen poetry books. Poetry was translated into Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Swedish, Polish, Latvian, Georgian, Check, Slovak, Italian, Maltese, Spanish, Japanese, Arab languages and were published in magazines and anthologies of these countries.

1998 - present participated in different international poetry festivals: Minsk (Belarus, 2014), Medellin (Colombia, 2013), Warsaw (2011), Moscow (2011), Sant Petersburg (2011), Riga (Latvija), Medana (Slovenia), Visby (Sweden);

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2009-2012 read poetry at twenty non-formal poetry readings along with other prominent contemporary Lithuanian poets in Vilnius, Lithuania.

1998 -2000 participated at the PEN club international congress readings: Moscow (2000), Helsinki (1998) and others.

Translator

Mariko Sumikura (Japan)

Poet, essayist, translator. Born in Kyoto (1952), Graduated from Ristumeikan University. Representative of Japan Universal Poets Association, Chief-in-editors of online international journal "Poetic-Bridge: Ama-Hashi".

Main publication: "Kokoro Kaoru Hito"," Yume Tsumugu Hito"," Hikari Oru Hito", "Ai Matou Hito"," Tsuchi daku Masurao".(Chikurinkan)　She was invited to several international poetry readings such as the 49th Struga Poetry Readings in 2011, Jan Smrek International Literary Festival in 2012. "Europa in Versi"(Como, Italy) in 2015. Mihai Eminesuc International Poetry Festival (Craiova, Romania) in 2015.

Translation: Contemporary Poetry in-out of Japan, JUNPA BOOKS Series,

Award: "Mina wo Tonaete" ("Uttering Her Name" by Gabriel Rosenstock) won the Translated Irish Literature Award by Ireland Literature Exchange in 2012.　The first prize at the festival Pannonian Galeb festival for poetry book translated in Serbian in 2017. Milos Crnjanski Prize in International Literature Festival-Wien 2017, Naji Naaman Literary Prize (Honour) 2018

すみくらまりこ（日本）

詩人、エッセイスト、翻訳家。１９５２年京都生れ。立命館大学文学部卒業。日本国際詩人協会代表。国際詩誌「詩の架け橋：天橋」編集主幹。翻訳: 国内外の現代詩人作品を翻訳。JUNPA BOOKS　シリーズを手がける。『御名を唱えて』（原著 Gabriel Rosenstockの"Uttering Her Name")は２０１２年アイルランド文学交流協会より翻訳出版賞を受賞。『弾丸シュート』（原著Odveig Klyve の"Bullistic"は２０１９年ノルウェー文学普及協会（ＮＯＲＬＡ）より翻訳助成を下付される。

主な著書：『心薫る女』『夢紡ぐ女』『光織る女』『愛装ふ女』『地抱く男』（いずれも竹林館）２０１０年第４９回ストルーガ詩祭（ストルーガ、マケドニア）、２０１１年ヤン・スムレク国際文学祭（ブラティスラヴァ。スロバキア）、２０１５年コモ詩祭―Europa in Versi―（コモ、イタリア）、２０１５年ミハイ・エミネスク国際詩祭（クラヨバ、ルーマニア）、２０１９年プリマ・ヴィスタ国際文学祭に招待参加。

受賞歴：２０１７年セルビア、パンノニアン・ゲレブ詩祭出版賞を受賞。２０１８年オーストリア・ウィーン国際文学祭ミロシュ・ツルニャンスキー賞、ナジ・ナーマン文学賞（名誉賞）他受賞。