Katja PERAT

 

Katja PERAT was born on 7 January 1988 in Ljubljana. She graduated in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana in 2012, and presently pursues her doctorate studies in Literary Sciences. She is the co-founder and member of the editorial board of the Idiot literary magazine, and she also contributes in the editing of the Slovenian literary magazine Literatura and AirBeletrina, the internet portal of the Študentska založba publishing house. She writes as a literary critic and publicist for the Slovenian cultural semi-monthly Pogledi. Her first book of poetry, Najboljši so padli (The Best Have Fallen), was published in 2011 by Študentska založba (Beletrina collection). In the same year it received the award for the best first-published author at the Slovenian Book Fair, and in 2012 also the book of the year award presented by the Association of Slovenian Literary Critics. The book was also nominated for the two major Slovenian poetry awards: the Jenko Award and the Veronika Award.

 

 

 

 

 

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