Tomaž Šalamun

Slovene poet, born in 1941 in Zagreb, Croatia · Slovenia · On the map · Writers

Tomaž Šalamun was a Slovenian poet who was a leading figure of postwar neo-avant-garde poetry in Central Europe and an internationally acclaimed absurdist. His more than 50 books of Slovene poetry have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

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2014Died27 December 20142009Golden WreathAward2007Jenko AwardAwardPreis der Stadt Münster für Europäische PoesieAward1941Born4 July 1941

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Sibling Andraž Šalamun

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Golden Wreath2009

Jenko Award2007

Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie2007

Prešeren Award

Prešeren Fund Awards

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His work has been called a poetic bridge between old European roots and America. Šalamun was a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He lived in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and was married to the painter Metka Krašovec.

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