Silvija Butković (born December 6, 1964, Osijek, Croatia [Yugoslavia]), employed at the State Lipizzaner Stud Farm in Đakovo, Croatia, also professional photographer with 250 group and 36 solo exhibitions to her credit. Awarded the title of Master Haiga Artist in Japan in 2007. Vice president of the Đakovo Photo-Cinema Club and secretary of the Đakovo branch of Matica hrvatska. Poems and prose can be found in 170 journals, almanacs, and anthologies worldwide and has published a book of free verse, another of haiku and photo-haiku, and a third of love poems. Lives in Đakovo, Croatia.