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:

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