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:

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