Six Slovenian poets. Vida Mokrin-Pauer, Maja Vidmar, Uros Zupan, Peter Semolic, Natasa Velikonja, Gregor Podlogar. Edited by Brane Mozetic.Translated by Ana Jelnikar, Kelly Lenox Allan, Stephen Watts

Arc, Todmorden 2006

Six Slovenian poets
Six Slovenian poets. Vida Mokrin-Pauer, Maja Vidmar, Uros Zupan, Peter Semolic, Natasa Velikonja, Gregor Podlogar. Edited by Brane Mozetic.Translated by Ana Jelnikar, Kelly Lenox Allan, Stephen Watts
Arc, Todmorden 2006
Reihe: New voices from Europe and Beyond
Größe: 8°
Seitenzahl: 171 S.
Einband: OBrosch.
Übersetzer: Jelnikar, Ana / Allan, Kelly Lenox / Watts, Stephen
Vorl. Spr. 2: Englisch
Vorl. Spr. Orig.: Slowenisch
Herausgeber: Mozetic, Brane
Link zur Reihe: www.arcpublications.co.uk/series/new-voices-from-europe-and-beyond/1 - Verlagstext: Six Slovenian Poets is the first in a new series of bilingual anthologies which brings the work of a younger generation of poets from across Europe to a wider English-language readership, a series which aims to keep a finger on the pulse of the here-and-now of European poetry. The six poets represented here three men and three women are all under forty, have all been published for the first time within the past decade, and all (though in very different ways) break with, and re-evaluate, the Slovenian literary tradition. This tradition is outlined in the informative introduction to the anthology, from which it becomes clear that these young poets, all of whom take an independent nation-state with its benefits of unrestricted education, communication, and travel as a given, may have more in common with their peers from the rest of Europe and North America than with their Slovenian forebears. Energetic, unexpected, at times hard hitting, this volume makes for an exciting and thought-provoking beginning to the New Voices from Europe and Beyond anthology series. A Slovene/English parallel text. List of contents Series Editor's Preface Editor's Preface Introduction Vida Mokrin-Pauer Z neznanim bosancem na busu ... / With an unknown Bosnian on the bus... Ginekološko dolge, vitke, fino zaobljene prste / Gynaecologically long slender fine-rounded fingers Cudeži nas milo prerodijo / Miracles mildly restore us Andersenova deklica z vžigalicami, Nikar! / Andersen's little girl with matches, please don't — God forbid! Nisem odlocna od želja. V topli juhi omamljeno mrtvaka plavam / I'm undecided from wishing. I'm corpsing it in a warm soup and... Brezsrcna vegetacij ženske z vprašanjem / Heartless vegetating of a woma with a problem Komentar o sebi in pesmi v pesmi / A commentary on the self and on a poem within a poem Bil je kosec / Once there was a reaper Pešcena slika / Sand picture Moj decek / My boy Telo-vloga mene, ženske pesnice za vesolje / Me, my body-function: a woman poet for the cosmos Arhitekt(uri) v ljubezni / Architext love Klavstrofobija / Claustrophobia Oditi naprej / Moving on Kako razlicni zaspimo / We sleep indifferent Ta pametna / Smartie Maja Vidmar Hiša / The house Pesnica / Poet I. Nigredo / I. Nigredo II. Rubedo / II. Rubedo III. Albedo / III. Albedo Par / The couple Kako si me ljubil / How you loved me Pomarancina molitev / Prayer of the orange Sredstva / The means Na sprehodu / On a walk Okus mavrice / A taste of the rainbow Ucitelj / Teacher Prisotnost / Presence Hcerki / To my daughter Izak / Isaac Konkordat / Pact I. Zimska / I. Winter poem II. Pomlad / II. Spring III. Zadnje poletje / III. The last summer IV. Jesenska / IV. Autumnal Idila / Idyll Uroš Zupan Vrt, Bach / Garden, Bach Igranje Boga / Playing God Uresnicile so se sanje / Dreams have come true Drevo in vrabec / A tree and a sparrow Nokturno / Nocturne iz Slovo od filozofije / from Farewell to philosophy Peter Semolic Oce / Father Vecerni klepet / An evening chat Brezdomni pesnik piše svoji ljubici / Homeless poet writing to his love Sineadin glas / Sinéad's voice Angel Piera della Francesca / Piero della Francesca's angel Branje Octavia Paza / Reading Octavio Paz Sekira v grci / Hatchet in a knot Fužinski trgi / The Squares of Fužine Premislek / On second thoughts Moc zapisa / Writing it down Morost, spomladi / Morost, in Spring Verzi / Lines Nataša Velikonja revolucija / revolution plevel / weed ko bi mi kdo povedal... / if someone would tell me... nicesar ne morem... / i can't do anything... zdi se... / it seems... ko sem imela osemnajst let... / when i turned eighteen... ce bi ostala z mano / if she stays with me jaz nimam nobene perspektive... / i have no prospects... bom se že zvlekla / i'll pull through sem vedela že pred tremi leti... / i knew three years ago... kaj delamo / what are we doing koliko let sem jo gledala / how many years i watched her pozdrav iz zadnje klopi / greetings from the back of the class najprej sem mislila, da bom v kopalnici... / first i thought i'd go into the bathroom... mislim, da je to bil film o ljubezni / i think this was a film about love... to so prav... / these were undoubtedly... ko me je prvic povabila... / when she first invited me... skratka... / anyway... vceraj so zmagale naše sestre... / yesterday our sestre won zbudila sem se ob petih... / i woke up at five... dovolj mi je... / i've had enough... nima smisla razlagati... / there's no point explaining... zvecer... / in the evening... pomembno je... / it's important... zahvala / a thank-you Gregor Podlogar Dvajseti avgust / The Twentieth of August Majhne stvari / Small things Korint / Corinth Visoko jezdijo ulice / High ride the streets Vsi svetovi... / all the worlds... E-pošta / E-mail Luci Bombaja / Lights of Bombay Vojna v Babilonu / War Inna Babylon Vse / Everything Ich bin ein Berliner... / Ich bin ein Berliner... The people are all living near to beauty, passing by / The people are all living near to beauty, passing by Random / Random About the translators About the editors - About Brane Mozetic Slovenia Brane Mozetic is the author of eleven poetry collections and three works of prose, of which twelve have been published in translation. His poetry collection Butterflies and a book of short stories Passion both came out in the United States. He has translated works by Rimbaud, Genet, Foucault and a number of contemporary poets. He has also edited two anthologies of homoerotic literature in Slovenian as well as a number of features of contemporary Slovenian literature, particularly of poetry, internationally. He has organised many events and readings of Slovenian literature abroad. (2006)

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