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Translated from the Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Michael Thomas Taren
Published: Tue Jan 30 2018
Eva Lundsager, Were now like (detail), 2021, oil on canvas
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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.

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.
Michael Thomas Taren’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Colorado ReviewHTMLGIANTFenceAGNIBestoned, and elsewhere. He spent nine months in Slovenia on a Fulbright scholarship (2010–2011). His manuscripts Puberty and Where is Michael were finalists for the Fence Modern Poets series in 2009 and 2010, respectively. His collection Nile is due out from Vagabond Press this spring. (updated 4/2014)
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