Peter Semolič

{{short description|Slovene poet and translator (born 1967)}}

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| birth_place = Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia

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| occupation = Poet, translator

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| awards = {{Awd|Jenko Award|1997|for Hiša iz besed}}{{Awd|Prešeren Foundation Award|2000|for Krogi na vodi}}

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Peter Semolič (born 1 February 1967) is a Slovene poet and translator. He has published numerous collections of poetry and his poems have been translated into English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Polish, Hungarian, Finnish, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian. He translates from English, French, Serbian and Croatian and also writes radio plays and children's literature.{{cite web |url=http://www.poetryinternational.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=5042 |title=Peter Semolič |work=Poets from Slovenia |publisher=Poetry International Web |access-date=2 February 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906092839/http://www.poetryinternational.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=5042# |archive-date=2012-09-06 |url-status=dead }}

Semolič was born in Ljubljana in 1967 and studied Linguistics and Sociology of culture at the University of Ljubljana.[http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/slovenefeat.html The Drunken Boat poetry site] In 1997 he won the Jenko Award for his poetry collection Hiša iz besed (House Made of Words){{Cite web |url=http://www.sta.si/vest.php?s=s&id=312758 |title=Slovenian Press Agency: Letošnji Jenkov nagrajenec - Peter Semolič (This Year's Jenko Laureate - Peter Semolič), 3 December 1997 |access-date=2 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103004010/http://www.sta.si/vest.php?s=s&id=312758 |archive-date=3 January 2014 |url-status=dead }} and in 2001 the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection Krogi na vodi (Circles Upon the Water).[http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Podrocja/Preseren/dosedanji_nagrajenci/Presernovega_sklada_1962-2011.pdf Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}