Katja PERAT

 

Katja PERAT was born on 7 January 1988 in Ljubljana. She graduated in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana in 2012, and presently pursues her doctorate studies in Literary Sciences. She is the co-founder and member of the editorial board of the Idiot literary magazine, and she also contributes in the editing of the Slovenian literary magazine Literatura and AirBeletrina, the internet portal of the Študentska založba publishing house. She writes as a literary critic and publicist for the Slovenian cultural semi-monthly Pogledi. Her first book of poetry, Najboljši so padli (The Best Have Fallen), was published in 2011 by Študentska založba (Beletrina collection). In the same year it received the award for the best first-published author at the Slovenian Book Fair, and in 2012 also the book of the year award presented by the Association of Slovenian Literary Critics. The book was also nominated for the two major Slovenian poetry awards: the Jenko Award and the Veronika Award.

 

 

 

 

 

  • It Skriuwersboun
  • Embassy of Andorra
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union
  • Ville de Bruxelles
  • Yunus Emre Institute
  • Mission of the Faroes to the EU
  • Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Belgium
  • Etxepare Euskal Institutua
  • Czech Centre Brussels
  • Swedish Institute
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura
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  • Commission européenne
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  • Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren
  • Danish Cultural Institute
  • Embassy of Ireland
  • Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels
  • Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Kingdom of Belgium
  • Greenland Representation to the European Union
  • Instituto Cervantes Brussels
  • Spain Arts and Culture - Cultural and Scientific Service of the Embassy of Spain in Belgium
  • LUCA School of Arts
  • Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
  • Orfeu - Livraria Portuguesa
  • Lithuanian Culture Institute
  • Scottish Government EU Office
  • Ambassade du Luxembourg à Bruxelles
  • Leeuwarden Europan Capital of Culture 2018
  • Austrian Cultural Forum
  • Embassy of Sweden
  • Camões Instituto de Cooperação e Língua Portugal
  • Polish Institute - Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels
  • Hungarian Cultural Institute Brussels
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union
  • Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU