Peter SEMOLIČ

SEMOLIČ Peter

Poems

Oče

Shotokan

Peter SEMOLIČ, born in Ljubljana in 1967, studied General Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Ljubljana. He is the author of twelve books of poetry: Tamarisk (1991), The Roses of Byzantium (1994), House Made of Words (1996), Circles Upon the Water (2000), Questions About the Path (2001), Border (2002), The Bog Fires (2004), A place for You (2006), The Journey Around the Sun (2008), The Milky Way (2009), Poems and Letters (2009) and Night in the Middle of the Day (2012). He has received many prizes for his work, including the two most eminent awards in Slovenia, Jenko's Poetry Prize and the Prešeren Prize (the National Award for Literature and Arts). In 1998 he also won the Vilenica Crystal Award.

Peter Semolič also writes radio plays, children’s literature and translates from English, French, Serbian and Croatian. He is founder and editor of first Slovenian online poetry magazine Poiesis (http://www.poiesis.si/). 

Links:

  • Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity
  • Swedish Institute
  • It Skriuwersboun
  • Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU
  • LUCA School of Arts
  • Spain Arts and Culture - Cultural and Scientific Service of the Embassy of Spain in Belgium
  • Austrian Cultural Forum
  • Embassy of Sweden
  • Lithuanian Culture Institute
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union
  • Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels
  • Yunus Emre Institute
  • Embassy of Ireland
  • Polish Institute - Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels
  • Embassy of Andorra
  • Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Belgium
  • Danish Cultural Institute
  • Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Kingdom of Belgium
  • Scottish Government EU Office
  • Greenlandic Writers Association
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union
  • Hungarian Cultural Institute Brussels
  • Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
  • Etxepare Euskal Institutua
  • Ambassade du Luxembourg à Bruxelles
  • Ville de Bruxelles
  • Greenland Representation to the European Union
  • LOFT 58
  • Orfeu - Livraria Portuguesa
  • Commission européenne
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura
  • Camões Instituto de Cooperação e Língua Portugal
  • Leeuwarden Europan Capital of Culture 2018
  • Mission of the Faroes to the EU
  • Instituto Cervantes Brussels
  • MuntPunt
  • Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren
  • Czech Centre Brussels