Announcement: Poet Tomaz Salamun to speak November 6 as part of Pratt's Writer's Forum

Poet Tomaz Salamun will read excerpts of his work and answer
questions as part of Pratt's Writer's Forum at 12:00 p.m., Friday,
November 6, in the Engineering Building, Room 371, on Pratt's Brooklyn
Campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Considered Slovenia's greatest living poet, Tomaz Salamun attracted
critical notice with his first collection, Poker, which was published
when he was twenty-five. Salamun was born in Zagreb in 1941 and is
considered one of the foremost figures of the Eastern European poetical
avant-garde. His books have been translated in nineteen languages. Recent
translations are The Book for My Brother (Harcourt, 2006, translated by
Christopher Merrill and others); Poker (Ugly Duckling Press, 2003, 2008,
translated by Joshua Beckman); Row (ARCpublications, 2006, translated by
Joshua Beckman); and Woods and Chalices (Harcourt, 2008, translated by
Brian Henry). A new book of poetry, entitled Blue Tower, is due out by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2010.

In 1964, as editor of a literary magazine Perspektive, he was sentenced
to twelve years imprisonment, but spent only five days in jail.
Publishers Weekly writes, "Salamun has become an influence, and a mentor,
for plenty of young American poets. One reason lies in Salamun's
postmodern mix of giddy and global with the earthy retrospect he takes
from his homeland"

Salamun's many prizes include the Preseren Fund Prize, the Jenko Prize, a
Pushcart Prize, and the European Prize for Poetry by German town Mnster
in 2007. He also received the 2003 Altamarea prize in Trieste, Italy and
the Festival Prize at Costanza, Romania in 2004. He lives in Ljubljana,
Slovenia.

Friday's forum with Tomaz Salamun is curated by Nelly Reifler and Gina
Zucker, directors of Pratt's Writer's Forum, which is sponsored by The
Pratt Writing Program. For more information on Pratt's Writer's Forum
and to view upcoming speakers, visit http://mysite.pratt.edu/~fforum/.

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