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:

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