The Sculpture of This Day

Ibrahim Honjo was born 1948 in the former Yugoslavia. Since January 1995 he has lived in Canada. Honjo is a poet-writer, sculptor, painter, photographer, and property manager who writes in his native language and in English. His work has appeared in many magazines, newspapers, and on radio stations in Yugoslavia where he worked as an economist and journalist. He was also a book editor; newspaper editor; marketing director; and organizer of many poetry events and festivals. His poems have also been published in several magazines and radio stations in Canada and USA. He is the author of 25 published books and one book with another author. His work is represented in more than 20 anthologies. Some of his poems have been translated into: Italian, Spanish, Korean, Slovenian, Bahsa, Mongolian and German.

Prizes and Awards received:
Award for book “Stone to stone” 1976. Yugoslavia; Word poetry lifetime Achievement Award 2010, Canada; Several editors’ awards & awards for excellence in Canada and US; Pentasi B Award 2016, Ghana; Several awards in India 2016; Award R.M.P 2017. Morocco

Events attended:
Reckoning 2007, BC writing & publishing, Vancouver, BC; Word on the Street (Book/Magazine festival) 2009 Vancouver.; Africa Day Festival 2007 and 2008; Pandora’s Summer Dream Festival Vancouver; Denman Car free festival Vancouver; At least 20 poetry festivals in former Yugoslavia. (1971 – 1991.); Poetry Festival Pentasi B, Accra, Ghana.2016; Poetry festival in Jaipur India 2016; Writers’ conference in Udaipur India 2016; Poetry festival Rabat Morocco 2017

Other Books by Ibrahim Honjo
Do not write this down (2006); Roots in the Stone (Back Yard Publishing) 2008; Enigma from the Stone (Publish America) 2010; Threads of My Essence (Publish America) 2011; Poems I didn’t want to Write - some other dreams (Back Yard Publishing) 2011; How to Touch Eternity Down the Mahalla (Back Yard Publishing) 2016
Overture for Surviving in the World of Dreams (Back Yard Publishing) 2016;