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Sława Sibiga (born in 1950, Rozkosz, eastern Poland; died November 26, 2025), poet and sumi-e painter. Her work appeared in print and online periodicals in Polish and English as well as in the Japanese monthlies Kuzu and Senryu to. She produced nine volumes of poetry, four of them haiku: Sen o Japonii (2016; Dream of Japan), Ślad na księżycu (2018; Trace on the Moon), Kształt wiatru (2020; The Shape of the Wind), and Róże o zmierzchu (2023; Roses at Dusk), and coedited fifteen haiku anthologies, both Polish and international. She participated in two Kraków International Haiku Conferences (2015 and 2024) and won honors in many poetry competitions, including being shortlisted for the Ewa Tomaszewska Awards in 2018 and 2022. Sibiga created sumi-e paintings, and has exhibited her work widely, including at Art Beyond Boundaries in Tokyo (2022). She also designed and created lace angels and wrote for children. Sibiga resided in Tychy, southern Poland.
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