Tomaž Šalamun

Tomaž Šalamun (1941-2014) published more than 55 books of poetry in Slovenia. Translated into over 25 languages, his poetry received numerous awards, including the Jenko Prize, the Prešeren Prize, the European Prize for Poetry, and the Mladost Prize. In the 1990s, he served for several years as the Cultural Attaché for the Slovenian Embassy in New York, and later held visiting professorships at various universities in the U.S.

  • Car le Vice by Tomaž Šalamun translated from the Slovenian by Brian Henry

    Car le Vice, rongeant ma native noblesse
  • Three Poems Translated by Brian Henry

    I’m not my own bacterium,
  • Snow and Minerals

    Rouge. It’s not a rose, it’s rouge.
  • Who Are You?

    who are you? the effect of well fed herds?
  • Georges de la Tour! Georges de la Tour! | Metka | The Cross

    I see how you climb!