Portrait of Tomaž Šalamun

Tomaž Šalamun

Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014), a Slovenian born in Zagreb, Croatia, is considered one of the great postwar Central European poets. Among his books translated into English are The Blue Tower (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011), On the Tracks of Wild Game (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2012), and Soy Realidad (Dalkey Archive Press, 2014). Šalamun taught at the Universities of Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Massachusetts, Pittsburgh, and Richmond, and was invited to be member of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa in 1971. He also spent several years as cultural attaché to the Slovenian Consulate in New York. He lived in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

AGNI has published the following work:

Saint John of the Cross and John Dilg

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Brian Henry

The Life of a Poet

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Brian Henry

The Psalmist Talking

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Michael Thomas Taren

Zone B

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Michael Thomas Taren

The Blood of Libraries

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Ana Jelnikar and Joshua Beckman

Parallel Belt

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Joshua Beckman

At Night Rabbits

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Ana Jelnikar and Peter Richards

in winter

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Elliott Anderson

Stair

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Christopher Merrill

Bambi

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Matthew Rohrer

Paris, 1978

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Michael Biggins

Pour un jeune Chalamoun qui se vend dans la rue

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Michael Biggins

Marko

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Michael Biggins

Oops!

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Michael Biggins

Judas Iscariot

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Michael Biggins

AGNI has published the following translations:

The Psalmist Talking

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Michael Thomas Taren

Zone B

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Michael Thomas Taren

Parallel Belt

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Joshua Beckman

in winter

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Elliott Anderson

Stair

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Christopher Merrill

Bambi

Poetry by Tomaž Šalamun Translated from the Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Matthew Rohrer
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