(*18. septembra 1947 v Ljubljani), poročena, ima eno odraslo in poročeno hčerko Izobrazba: univerzitetna diplomirana pravnica; dolgoletne delovne izkušnje na področju organizacije in kadrov kot vodstvena delavka. Občasno amatersko kaj ilustrira, rada fotografira, hodi na sprehode, na izlete v hribe, rada plava, potuje po svetu. Je aktivna članica Haiku društva Slovenije, članica Uredniškega odbora za »Letne čase« - glasilo društva, članica »World Haiku Club«, članica in sourednica za jugovzhodno Evropo pri »World Haiku Association«, sourednica za jugovzhodno Evropo internetnih haiku strani »Aozora« in »Anti-war-haiku-wall«, ki je bila oblikovana 2003 zaradi vojne v Iraku.
Preden je spoznala haiku poezijo, je pisala lirične pesmi, od novembra 1999 pa skoraj izključno haikuje. Lirično poezijo je objavila v nekaterih slovenskih literarnih revijah, s svojimi haikuji pa se redno pojavljajo v »Letnih časih«, objavljeni so bili v prvi slovenski haiku antologiji »Teh nekaj besed«, v ameriški reviji »Frogpond« in »Red Moon Anthology«, v japonski reviji »Ginyu«, pa tudi na Hrvaškem in v Srbiji ter na številnih internetnih straneh.
Za haiku poezijo je dobila 3. nagrado na mednarodnem natečaju »Apokalipsa« 2000 in nagrado za najboljši cikel haikujev na natečaju »Apokalipsa« 2001.
Publikacije:
METULJ NA RAMI, Društvo Apokalipsa, Ljubljana 2004
Alenka Zorman
Celovška 269
1000 Ljubljana
E-Mail: alenka.zorman@siol.net
Personal Haiku Website: http://web.wanadoo.be/tempslibres/alenka.html
Born: 18 September 1947.
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Marital Status: Married, with a grown-up, married daughter.
Education: University law degree.
Profession: Several years experience as organisational and personnel manager.
Poetry: Before I got to know haiku, I wrote lyrical poetry. But, since November 1999, I have written haiku verse almost exclusively. Occasionally, I work as an illustrator. I love photography, long walks and mountain climbing, swimming and travelling around the world.
Writing haiku is, for me, a form of inner liberation, a constant and profound contact with nature of which I am a part. Haiku is also keeping in touch with friends across the world, with my family. Through haiku, I notice and experience beautiful details and inner sentiments that make life worthwhile and that are so fleeting. Haiku turns moments into eternity. Writing haiku is a lifestyle that cannot belong to everybody. Haiku expands my world.
I am an active member of the Slovene Haiku Society, a member of the Editorial Board of the society’s journal »Letni časi«, a member of the World Haiku Club, a member and an editor of the World Haiku Association and an editor for south-eastern Europe of the haiku internet websites »Aozora« and »Anti-War-Haiku-Wall« (set up in 2003 as a response to the war in Iraq).
I have published lyrical poetry in several Slovene literary magazines, whereas my haiku poetry is regularly published in “Letni Časi”. It is also included in the first Slovene haiku anthology »Teh Nekaj Besed« and has been published in the American magazine »Frogpond«, in »Red Moon Anthology«, in the Japanese magazine »Ginyu«, in Croatia, Serbia and on several websites.
For my haiku poetry, I have received third prize in the Apokalipsa 2000 international competition and an award for the best cycle of haiku verse at the Apokalipsa 2001 competition. I may publish it when I retire and have more time on my hands.
Books:
BUTTERFLY ON THE SHOULDER, Društvo Apokalipsa, Ljubljana 2004
