Peter Semolič (born 1 February 1967) is a Slovene

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and

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. He has published numerous collections of poetry and his poems have been translated into English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Polish, Hungarian, Finnish, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian. He translates from English, French, Serbian and Croatian and also writes radio plays and children's literature. Semolič was born in

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in 1967 and studied

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and

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at the

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. In 1997 he won the Jenko Award for his poetry collection ''Hiša iz besed'' (House Made of Words) and in 2001 the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection ''Krogi na vodi'' (Circles Upon the Water).Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients
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Poetry collections

* ''Rimska Cesta'' (The Milky Way), 2009 * ''Vožnja okrog sonca'' (A Drive Round the Sun), 2008 * ''Prostor zate'' (A Space for You ), 2006 * ''Barjanski ognji'' (Bog Fires), 2004 * ''Meja'' (Border), 2002 * ''Vprašanja o poti'' (Questions About the Path), 2001 * ''Krogi v vodi'' (Circles Upon the Water), 2000 * ''Hiša iz besed'' (House Made of Words), 1996 * ''Bizantinske rože'' (The Roses of Byzantium), 1994 * ''Tamariša'' (Tamarisk), 1991

References

1967 births Living people Slovenian poets Slovenian male poets Slovenian translators Writers from Ljubljana University of Ljubljana alumni {{slovenia-writer-stub