Japano-Serbian Poet

Just a quick introduction; there is a Japanese poet who writes poetry in both Serbian and Japanese. Her name is Kayoko Yamasaki. She has lived in Serbia since the 1980s, and is currently a professor of literature at the University of Belgrade. For her doctorate, she studied avant-garde Serbian and Japanese poetry within a comparative framework. She will be speaking on November 29, 2009 in Tachikawa, Tokyo, on the relationship between narrative perspective and avant-garde poetic movements. She chose to remain in Belgrade when the NATO bombed the city in 1999.

The image below shows Kayoko Yamasaki posing for the camera. I like the skirt in black. It reflects light, like a darkened, unshaded window.

(Photo courtesy of Kulturni Centar Beograda)