Interview by Eva Petropoulou Lianou [email protected]
Do you remember writing your first words of poetry? Yes, if you wake me up in the middle of the night, I will be able to recite my first poem:
“O prekrasni nebeski svode i zvijezde što mi noću sjate, imam jednu ljubav, tu tajnu nikom ne odajte”
“O beautiful celestial vaults and night stars shining on, I have one love, don’t reveal this secret to anyone”
When was it. Please tell us more about it? I was 8 years old. I loved to have a pen and paper in my pocket and was impressed to play game drawing and writing something on that paper.
Did you have any early influences/inspirations? I had some older friends who played guitar, I was impressed and starred playing and writing lyrics on my own into my notebook.
What/who started you writing poetry? I started writing poems by my own. Playing guitar, I created my own collection of lyrics and my own rhymes.
What subjects mostly inspires you to write? Why? Unattainable beauty! I craved to fall in love and reach ideal love, which exist only in fairy tales. As it was far from reality, I started creating my own.
Do you remember your first ever published work? Where, what was it? When? Tell me how you felt seeing your words in print. My first public exposure was the first my record of songs with lyrics. I was at high school and I felt as I climbed the highest mountain.
What publication are you most proud to have your work published in, why? Honestly, I’m proud the most of my book PRODIGY LIFE, as a result of my 10 years studying of eastern philosophy, meditation metaphysics, self-healing. This is a textbook for understanding many aspects of self-developing!
What are your future plans as a writer/poet? To build a new platform of presentation for millions of new authors, different from all profit-based publishing institutions.
What projects are you working on and why? I have several projects at the time, one I mentioned, also establishing of multimedia online platform for fusion of different creative media at one place. Also, preparing to publish my multimedia flip book with all my poems multilingually (hundred different languages) combined with a graphic, audio and video presentations. I’m still translating my 4 books of novels, written in last 10 years, from Croatian into English.
A phrase that you like and inspired you. There are no problems, only solutions.
Thank you so much dear friend
