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:

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