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:

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