Brane Mozetič

Brane Mozetič (born 14 October 1958) is a Slovene poet, writer, editor and translator. He is known for his homoerotic poetry, his editorial work and his translations of works by Arthur Rimbaud, Jean Genet and Michel Foucault into Slovene.

Biography Mozetič was born in Ljubljana in 1958. He studied Comparative literature and Literary theory at the University of Ljubljana and graduated in 1983. He works as the editor of the literary collections Aleph and Lambda at the Centre for Slovenian Literature. In 2003 he won the Jenko Award for his poetry collection Banalije (Banalities). He has edited four anthologies of LGBT literature and several presentations of contemporary Slovenian literature. He has more than forty books in translation, his poetry collection Banalije (Banalities, 2003) alone being translated into twelve languages, making him one of the most translated contemporary Slovenian authors. He also organises translation workshops, readings of Slovenian authors abroad, a small literary and music festival Living Literature, the Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival, etc.

Published works

Poetry collections , 1976 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1987 , 1989 /Obsession, slov. – franc. izdaja, 1991 , 1995 , 2000 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2011 , 2013 , Škuc 2018

Prose , 1993 , 1996 , 2001 , 2015

Books for children , 2013 , 2014 , 2014 , 2016 , 2017

Books in translation Obsedenost / Obsession, Aleph – Ed. Genevieve Pastre, Ljubljana – Paris 1991 Anđeli, Meandar, Zagreb 2000 Parole che bruciano / Besede, ki žgejo, Mobydick, Faenza 2002 Obsession, Ecrits des Forges, Quebec 2002 Butterflies, Meeting Eyes Bindery, New York 2004 Schattenengel, Passagen Verlag, Wien 2004 He somiat que havies mort (&Svetlana Makarovič), Emboscal + ILC, Barcelona 2004 Poemas por los suenos muertos, CEDMA, Malaga 2004 Banalii, Blesok, Skopje 2004 Leptiri, DAN, Zagreb 2005 Passion, Talisman House, Jersey City 2005 To nie jest księga seksu, Wydawnictwo Zielona Sowa, Kraków 2005 Metulji / mariposas, Ediciones Gog y Magog, Buenos Aires 2006 Banalni neshta, Izdatelstvo Karina M., Sofija 2006 Die verlorene Geschichte, Sisyphus, Klagenfurt 2006 Borboletas, Editorial 100, Vila Nova de Gaia 2007 Passion, ZOE edizioni, Forli 2007 Schmetterlinge, Sisyphus Verlag, Klagenfurt 2008 Banalities, A Midsummer Night's Press, New York 2008 Andělé, Větrné mlýny, Brno 2009 Farfalle, Edizioni ETS/Alleo, Pisa 2009 Banalitats, Eumo Editorial, Vic 2009 Banalien, Männerschwarm Verlag, Hamburg 2010 Storia perduta, Beit Casa Editrice, Trieste 2010 Banality, Adolescent, Zabreh 2011 Banalità, Edizioni del Leone, Venezia 2011 Banalidades, Ediciones Gog y Magog, Buenos Aires 2011 Lost Story, Talisman House, Jersey City 2011 Banalije, Altagama, Zagreb 2012 Banalnošči, Raduga, Kyiv 2012 Gharaq Xortohra (&Suzana Tratnik), Inizjamed, Valletta 2013 Banalidades, Visor libros, Madrid 2013 El pais de las bombas, Bellaterra, Barcelona 2014 El pais dels bombes, Bellaterra, Barcelona 2014 Bilad alkanabil wa bilad alhašaiš, Sefsafa, Kairo 2014 Pasión, Dos Bigotes, Madrid 2014 Nedovršene skice jedne revolucije, h, d, p, Zagreb 2015 Banalités, Maison de la poésie, Tinqueux 2015 Banalien 2, Sisyphus Verlag, Klagenfurt 2016 Mi primer amor, Bellaterra, Barcelona 2016 Possesão, Roma Editora, Lisboa 2016 Il coniglio di Alja, Asterios Editore, Trieste, 2016 Com’è verde il mondo senza le bombe della guerra, Asterios Editore, Trieste, 2016 Mugiuittang aideul, Hanulimkids Publishing, Seoul 2016 Mania, Raduga, Kyiv 2017 Första kärleken, Vombat förlag, Färjestaden 2017 Que teñas unha lectura solitaria, Chan da Pólvora Ed., Santiago de Compostela 2017 Esbozos inacabados de una revolución, Baile del Sol, Tegueste 2017 Unfinished Sketches of a Revolution, Talisman House, Northfield 2018 Umarmungen des Wahnsinns, Sisyphus Verlag, Klagenfurt 2018 Cheot Sarang, Oomzicc Publisher, Seoul 2018