Peter Semolič

Peter Semolič (born 1 February 1967) is a Slovene poet and translator. 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 Ljubljana in 1967 and studied Linguistics and Sociology of culture at the University of Ljubljana. 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).

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