Ion Codrescu teaches art and history of art at the Ovidius University in Constanţa, Romania. In 2007 he received his Ph.D. in Visual Arts from the National University of Arts in Bucharest with a thesis on the Art of Juxtaposing Image and Text in Japanese and Western Haiga Painting. He is the author of 14 books of poetry, haiga and essays. His poems, poetic prose and essays have received many prizes in around the world, and he has illustrated more than 100 books, magazines and journals.
