I love poetry because it finds words
for what many don't dare to say.
With poetry, I can imagine everything
that I cannot touch with my hand or see with my eyes.
I love poetry because it touches the heart
where it hurts the most
and heals with that touch.
Poetry is my lifelong companion
and faithful friend in sleepless nights.
©Selma Kopic
BIO:
Selma Kopić is a professor of Bosnian language and literature, born in 1962 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
She is the author of two textbooks and one workbook for elementary school. She worked and works as a trainer at seminars, a reviewer, a lecturer...
She is the winner of the "Best Teacher EX YU" award, 2022.
She published three independent books of poetry:
"Znak" PrintCom Tuzla,
''The Monument of Love'' Poetry Planet Publishing House, Philippines,
"Slagalica", Publishing and translation house "Darawesch", Germany/Bulgaria
and the joint collection "Cosmic Rainbow" India, with five other authors.
Her stories and poems have won awards and have been published in anthologies and magazines in Bosnia and Herzegovina and around the world.
The most important awards are:
Third prize "Mak Dizdar" for the unpublished collection of songs "Slagalica"/"Puzzle", Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2008;
Golden plaque, "Poetry of the Year 2020", Balkan Poets' Union, BiH, 2021;
First prize for a triptych of love poems at the competition "Poem nad poems", BiH 2021;
Silver plaque, "Poetry of the Year 2021", Balkan Poets' Union, BiH, 2022;
Silver plaque "Poetry of the Year", Balkan Poetry Union, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2023.
First prize for a triptych of love poems at the competition "Poem above poems", BiH 2021;
First prize for the diptych of love poems at the competition "Poem above poems" BiH 2023;
Second prize for women's travel story, "Amity" Belgrade 2023k;
First prize for the best foreign poem "I'm not ready to leave yet", Italy, 2020;
"Alfonsina Storni" Award, Peru, 2022.
"R.N. Tagore award'', India 2023.
"Golden Feather" - Syria, Italy, India, Portugal, Bolivia, Peru
"Golden Eagle" - Colombia;
"Golden Heart" and "Golden Bridge" - Kazakhstan;
"Gold Badge" - India;
"Golden Cup" - Syria;
"Golden Star" - Egypt, etc.
There are dozens of awards from around the world. For illustration, here are some:
• GLOBAL EXCELLENCE CERTIFICATE, SYRIA, MARCH 2021;
• GLOBAL POET 2022, TEXAS;
• MEDAL OF HONOR AWARD FOR WRITERS AND MEDIA, Syria;
• LIDO DELL' ANIMA, "CHARLES BAUDELAIRE" award, ROME, APRIL 2023;
• LIDO DELL' ANIMA, "THE ROMANIAN BLOUSE" award, JUNE 2023. ROME;
• MOST INFLUENTAL PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 2021, NIGERIA;
• NOMINATION FOR THE BEST POETRY COLLECTION, ''Monument of Love'', POETRY PLANET PUBLISHING HOUSE, Philippines;
• Order Del Merito Literaria MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDA, COLOMBIA;
• PRINCES OF WORLD CULTURE, SYRIA 2021;
• READER'S BEST CHOICE, WASHINGTON, JANUARY 2022, USA;
• THE BEST POETS IN THE WORLD, BANGLADESH;
• WORLD ICON OF LITERATURE 2022, ITALY/BHUTAN;
• WORLD POETIC STAR, Romania, May 2021;
• (...)
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