Ernest Wit (haigō of a Polish poet born January 5, 1961, near Poznań, Poland), teacher, translator, editor, and lexicographer. Published in leading Polish and international print and online journals, almanacs, and kukai and included in several important anthologies. Author of three books of haiku and a coeditor of four annual almanacs of the Polish Haiku Association. Won recognition in Japanese, British, and American competitions and listed on the European Top 100 most creative haiku authors every year since 2010. Lives in a small town near Szczecin, Poland.