Minko Tanev (Минко Танев), born March 30, 1953, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, lecturer in Bulgarian language for foreign students, newspaper editor, and poet. Author of six books of poetry, coauthor of two bilingual books of haiku and poetry, and editor of more than seventy books of poetry, haiku, and tanka. Member of Haiku Club Рlovdiv, the Bulgarian Haiku Union, United Haiku and Tanka Society, the World Haiku Association, the Union of Bulgarian Writers, and the World Nations Writers’ Union. He resides in Plovdiv and Sofia.