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:

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