Mrs. Anica Gecic first saw her beloved Zagreb in 1931. She graduated in physics from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Zagreb. She worked as a teacher on a Secondary School and College.

First, she published her poems in the periodical Djecja umjetnost (Children's Art) in 1943. She published following collections of haiku poetry: Odsjaj u ocima (Reflection in the Eyes ), Zagreb, 1993; Narucje zivota (Embrace of Life), Zagreb, 1994; Poklon zvijezdama/Gift to the Stars, Samobor 1995; Grad na dlanu/Town in Full View, Samobor, 1997, and Vedre staze/Cheerful Trails, Zagreb, 2001.

She publishes her haiku in Croatian and foreign periodicals, papers and anthologies: Vrabac/Sparrow (Samobor), Jutro poezije (Zagreb), Skolske novine (Zagreb), Nasa rijec (Zagreb), Haiku Zbornik (Ludbreg), Haiku (Zagreb), Samoborski haiku susreti (Samobor), Haiku Meeting Collection (Klostar Ivanic), Haiku Day Dubravko Ivancan (Krapina), Haiku Meeting ( Japan), KO (Japan), Blithe Spirit (UK), Seasons Greetings Letter (USA). Her haiku received several high prizes and commendations on international haiku contests and has been published in the anthologies worldwide

Author: Anica Gecic
Editor: Djurdja V. Rozic
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Credits:

Nemirne price / Kusamakura, 2000, Third Prize
Bolnicka soba / Yellow Moon 9, 2001
Grme topovi / HI, 1994; Vladimir Devidé: Antologija hrvatskog haiku pjesnistva, Zagreb, 1996.;
"KO" Nagoya, 2002
Divljanjem vjetra / "Season's Greetings Letter", Baltimore, USA, 2002;
Vladimir Devidé: Antologija hrvatskog haiku pjesnistva, Zagreb, 1996.;
Na strmini / Ito En, 1994; Free Talking, 1996, Courage Award
Mala stopa / Blithe Spirit, UK, 1994; W.J. Higginson: Haiku World, 1996; Vladimir Devidé: Antologija hrvatskog haiku pjesnistva, Zagreb, 1996.; André Duhaime: HAIKU sans frontières, Canada, 1998
Ispred svog repa / Sky Falling, New Zealand, 1995
Nasmijesenom licu / André Duhaime: HAIKU sans frontières, Canada, 1998
Nocna tisina / Haiku Calendar, Ludbreg 2003, Honorable Mention
Padaju bombe / A-Bomb Memorial Day, Kyoto 2001
Ljudi prolaze / André Duhaime: HAIKU sans frontières, Canada, 1998
Iz doline / Visnja McMaster: 100 Croatian Haiku, An Anthology for the Haiku Cards game, Zagreb, 2000
Na gorskoj stazi / "KO", Nagoya, 2002; Haiku Kalendar, Ludbreg, 2001, Encouraging Mention
Jedina ljubav / Vrabac/Sparrow, Samobor, 2001
Moj grad na obje / André Duhaime: HAIKU sans frontières, Canada, 1998
Prihvatiliste / A-Bomb Memorial Day, Kyoto, 2002
Krajem veljace / "KO", Nagoya, 2002
Darovase / A-Bomb Memorial Day, Kyoto, 2002
S mosta / Marijan Cekolj, Marinko Spanovic: Otvoren put/Free Road, Anthology, Samobor 1999
Krstenje djeteta / Marijan Cekolj, Marinko Spanovic: Otvoren put/Free Road , Anthology, Samobor 1999