Poems by tomaz salamun and the american poets who translate him, with interviews. Robert hass has said of salamuns poems, that they adhere to a tradition in which poetry is an instrument for glimpsing a supreme reality. Having published 25 volumes of poems in his native slovenia, salamun has received many prizes in europe and been translated into nearly a dozen languages. A second chapbook will be selected by the editors for publication by factory hollow. The poet tomaz salamun writes in a central european artistic tradition that values dissonance, ambivalence, and estrangement as aesthetic qualities. And salamun himself has said, poetry is a parallel process to spiritual development. The views expressed on this website may not necessarily reflect the views of rattle or of the rattle foundation. He spent nine months in slovenia on a fulbright scholarship 20102011. Pittsburghtomaz salamun, one of central europes leading poets, will give an evening reading at the university of pittsburgh campus as part of the pittsburgh contemporary writers series, at 8. Tomaz salamun is one of europes most prominent poets. His honors include the preseren fund prize, the jenko prize, a pushcart prize, a visiting fulbright to columbia university, and a fellowship to the international writing program at the. His work has won numerous awards, among them the 1990 pulitzer prize, a macarthur foundation genius grant, the griffin international poetry prize, the wallace stevens award, and the appointment as us poet laureate.
His poems use metaphors of space, but time does not figure in them very much. Our dear lovely wives, dont get tired or messed up. Tomaz salamun people dont complain of early christian mystics, or authors of other cultures myths, that their stories, which seem fantastical, are therefore useless because they dont conform to reality. Tomaz salamun is perhaps the most widely read contemporary slovenian poet. In a 1991 interview with poet richard jackson, tomaz basically summed up his intention of going for the inexpressible, trying to catch the sacred seed of everything, what is at the center. The selected poems of tomaz salamun eccos modern european poetry series tomaz salamun, charles simic, robert hass on. Tomaz salamun michael thomas taren the boy with a small bundle in rubble, beneath the infinite roosters of bread, dwelled the boy with a small bundle. He published his first collection of poetry poker at the age of 25 and now is the author of more than 30 collections of poetry in slovenian and english. Tomaz salamun was born in zagreb, croatia, raised in koper, slovenia, and now makes his home in ljubljana.
His manuscripts puberty and where is michael, were finalists for the fence modern poets series in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Early in his career he edited the literary magazine perspektive and was briefly. Tomaz salamun student reflects on class with renowned. Bisa langsung mendapatkan kehamilan adalah harapan sebagian besar pengantin baru. Tomaz salamun was born on july 4, 1941, in zagreb, croatia, and grew up in koper, slovenia.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. In addition, she has translated works by other major slovenian poets such as edvard kocbek, iztok osojnik and ales debeljak. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. He published more than fifty books of poetry in slovenian during his lifetime, and he is not only recognized as a leading figure of the slovenian poetic avantgarde but is also considered one of the leading contemporary poets of central. He studied art history and worked as a curator and a conceptual artist before turning to the written word. Tomaz salamun has published more than 35 books of poetry in slovenia and 10 books in english. With whom to exult about tomaz salamun, to read with. Tomaz salamun student reflects on class with renowned slovenian poet.
Charles simic is widely recognized as one of the most visceral and unique poets writing today. Slovenian poet tomaz salamun 19412014 is hailed as one of the most prominent poets of his generation, renowned for. Tomaz salamun july 4, 1941 december 27, 2014 was a slovenian poet who was a leading. Tomaz salamun 19412014 was a slovenian poet with more than thirty books of poetry published in slovenian and english, and translated in over twenty other languages. Pdf tomaz salamun, the blue tower, ny 2011 bojana s. How you eavesdrop the hammering blacksmith and peek at his watch. If you come to a book by tomaz salamun expecting a straightforward story, a clear narrative, a mind that progresses like the mind of a depressed newspaperman, i pity you for the frustration you will feel upon reading one of the most important contemporary european poets. Namun sayangnya ketidaktahuan mengenai tandatanda hamil muda acap kali membuat abai sehingga berujung pada abortus atau keguguran sebelum dinyatakan hamil karena tidak menjaga kandungan dengan. His singing elevates a technique that wipes out the earth so we are not eaten by worms. Gimnazijo je koncal v kopru 1960, studij zgodovine in umetnostne zgodovine pa v ljubljani 1965. Rational logic was the enemy of his poems, which ricocheted in every direction. One by one, we would read our work aloud, and then prepare for the.
Prose poetry, hybrid works, and translations of works of poetry by living writers from any language into english are also eligible. I am the water, goes one of the lines in tomaz salamuns cycle. A ballad for metka krasovec by tomaz salamun and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Early in his career, he edited the literary magazine perspektive, for which he was briefly jailed on political charges. Tomaz salamun, christopher merrill editor, michael biggins translation. The selected poems of tomaz salamun book, 1988 worldcat. Tomaz salamun was born in 1941 in zagreb, croatia and raised in koper, slovenia. Slovenian poet tomaz salamun 19412014 is hailed as one of the most prominent poets of. Slovenian poet tomaz salamun will read a selection of his work for the first event of the spring visiting writers series on friday, feb.
Tomaz salamun four poems free download as pdf file. In the early twentieth century, austrian composer arnold schoenberg emancipated dissonance in his music by blurring the. Only the poet sells his soul to separate it from the body that he loves. Georgetown university, 2011 includes bibliographical references text electronic thesis in pdf format. Sonja kravanja, a native of slovenia, is an awardwinning translator of slovenian poetry into the english.
The selected poems of tomaz salamun eccos modern european. Slovenian poet tomaz salamun was one of europes most prominent poets of his generation and was a leader of the eastern european avantgarde. It is strange, metka wrote in a recent letter, isnt it, how life brings people together even for a very brief moment and how that can change a lot of things. About heaven and earth in the postsalamunian period, in the year of our lord three, while cooking chicken as per metkas. Prose poetry, hybrid works, and translations of works of poetry by living. While the perceptions and insights are based on the authors experiences, no reference to any real person is intended or should be inferred. Slovenian poet tomaz salamun 1941 2014 is hailed as one of the most prominent poets of his generation, renowned for. He edited the literary magazine perspektive early in his career and was briefly jailed on political charges. Review of the latest salamuns poetry volune published in usa. Theres the hand and theres the arid chair, tomaz salamun, counterpath press. Each meeting was based around the distribution of our own poems between classmates. Poems by tomaz salamun and the american poets who translate him, with interviews, in transom, issue 3 spring 2012. Pdf tomaz salamun, balada per a metko krasovec simona.
The selected poems of tomaz salamun eccos modern european poetry series. The beauty of the angel is in the cask that bolted your heart. It is understood that their exaggerations conform to another, metaphysical truth. Early in his career he edited the literary magazine perspektive and was briefly jailed on political charges. Tomaz salamun was a slovenian poet, who has had books translated into most of the european languages. Tomaz salamun is a leading name of the postwar neoavantgarde poetry in central europe and internationally acclaimed absurdist slovene poet, whose books have been translated into twentyone languages, with nine of his thirtynine books of poetry published in english. Translated from the slovenian by michael thomas taren. People and i, we both look at him amazed, we wish him well, maybe he.
Source for information on salamun, tomaz 1941 tomaz salamun. Tomaz salamun quotes author of four questions of melancholy. Click on thumbnail image to load high resolution photographs for downloading. All words are destined, by the very fact of their wordness, to fail. In 1965, he graduated from the university of ljubljana with an ma in art history. Salamuns poems are fantastical because he invokes that part of our reality or of our collective imagination that presumes and whose meaning relies on the imagination. One of the great postwar central european poets, slovenian tomaz salamun has published over thirty books. Tomaz salamun has published more than thirty books of poetry in his home country of slovenia and is recognized as one of the leading poets of central europe. The winner will also receive a monthlong residency in may and june 2021, in a private apartment at the tomaz salamun center for poetry in ljubljana, slovenia. Her translation of tomaz salamuns the shepherd, the hunter pedernal press won the columbia university translation prize in 1992.
It was during his time at the university of ljubljana that he began writing poetry. Born july 4, 1941, in zagreb, yugoslavia now croatia. He frequently taught at universities in pittsburgh, richmond, and texas. The selected poems of tomaz salamun eccos modern european poetry series english and slovene edition salamun, tomaz, simic, charles on. He studied art history at the university of ljubljana, where he found poetry suddenly, as a revelation, describing its arrival in a 2004. Even the words of such a clever and horny guy as this salamun. To have a friend tomaz salamun translated by anselm hollo i see the devils head, people, i see his whole body i never thought he could come so close he longs for innocence, as we do, i have the sensation he was crammed into the wall for a long time i have the feeling that his hands ache, that he. He studied art history at the university of ljubljana, where he found poetry.