BIOGRAPHY

Ivka Kraljević was born on March 9, 1940 in Komiža, Vis Island. After finishing the elementary school in her native town (1954), she graduated from Teachers Training School in Split (1959) and then from Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb (1964). As a Croatian language professor she worked all the time in high schools. Currently she works at Third Grammar School in Split.

She writes poetry and haiku in Komiža dialect (cakavština), in which she has published a book of haiku "In The Heart of The Azure" (Hermes Publishing, Zagreb 1998) and in štokavian standard in which is written this, her second, book of haiku "In Blue Infinity". Her poems were published in the international haiku magazine "Vrabac/Sparrow" and in the "Haiku" magazine.

She writes poetry and haiku in Komiža dialect (cakavština), in which she has published a book of haiku "In The Heart of The Azure" (Hermes Publishing, Zagreb 1998) and in štokavian standard in which is written this, her second, book of haiku "In Blue Infinity". Her poems were published in the international haiku magazine "Vrabac/Sparrow" and in the "Haiku" magazine, magazine "Marulić", Anthology of croation haiku poetry, meetings: Samobor haiku, Ludbreki haiku, Haiku of the day – Dubravko Ivančan, Haiku in Dalmatia...