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Vladislav Hristov becomes first Bulgarian poet to win haiku award of Tokyo's Basho Museum

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Vladislav Hristov
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Vladislav Hristov has become the first Bulgarian poet distinguished with the the Basho-an award of the International English Haiku Competition held by the Basho Museum in Tokyo, Japan. Another Bulgarian participant, Radka Mindova, has also been distinguished in this year's edition of the haiku contest among 1,573 participants, Hristo Botev Channel of BNR reported.

Born in Bulgaria's Shumen in 1976, Vladislav Hristov has won numerous awards from Bulgarian and international contests for haiku, poetry and short prose. He is the author of the first haiku textbook in Bulgarian, “Fundamentals of Haiku.” His texts have been translated into 17 languages. 

Prof. Hasegawa has distinguished the verse by Vladislav Hristov with the words: “2020 was a year in which the world was left at the mercy of a hitherto unknown coronavirus. Probably Bulgaria has gone through the same thing. However, the work of Vladislav Hristov claims that there is still a healthy world with hazel blossoms swaying in the wind. It is a phrase that reflects the hopes of human beings. The phrase "it's still there" resonates powerfully."

Here's Vladislav Hristov's winning haiku:

quiet breeze

hazelnut blossom sways

our world is still here

Here is Radka Mindova's distinguished haiku:

a pristine river

flowing between two mountains

the scent of my friend

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