Claudia Brefeld

Claudia Brefeld (born 1956, Gronau, NRW, Germany), retired biological-technical assistant at the Ruhr University Bochum and active photographer and haikai poet. Her poetry has been published in anthologies and the German journals Sommergras, Lotosblüte, Chrysanthemum, and in English in Albatross, Lynx, Mainichi Daily News, and World Haiku Review. Three of her haiku have been honored in Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Contests. Her artwork has been featured in the THF haiga galleries, and won awards in The Heron’s Nest (2009–2013). The Endangered C, which Brefeld coauthored with Jim Kacian and Terry Ann Carter in 2021, was shortlisted for a Touchstone Award and won an HSA Merit Book Award. Brefeld served as chief editor of Sommergras and now curates the Haiga im Focus website. She has been a member of the Deutsche Haiku-Gesellschaft since 2007, serving as a board member and second chairwoman during the period 2007–2019. She is also a member of the Österreichische Haiku-Gesellschaft (since 2020). Claudia Brefield resides in Bochum, Germany.

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