Brane Mozetič
Brane Mozetič is a Slovene poet, writer, editor and translator. He is known for his homoerotic poetry, his editorial work and his translations of works by Arthur Rimbaud, Jean Genet and Michel Foucault into Slovene.
Biography
Mozetič was born in Ljubljana in 1958. He studied Comparative literature and Literary theory at the University of Ljubljana and graduated in 1983. He works as the editor of the literary collections Aleph and Lambda at the Centre for Slovenian Literature. In 2003 he won the Jenko Award for his poetry collection Banalije.
He has edited four anthologies of LGBT literature and several presentations of contemporary Slovenian literature. He has more than forty books in translation, his poetry collection Banalije alone being translated into twelve languages, making him one of the most translated contemporary Slovenian authors. He also organises translation workshops, readings of Slovenian authors abroad, a small literary and music festival Living Literature, the Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival, etc.
Published works
Poetry collections
Sneguljčica je sedem palčkov, 1976Soledadesi, 1978Pesmi in plesi, 1982Modrina dotika, 1986Zaklinjanja, 1987Mreža, 1989Obsedenost/''Obsession, slov. – franc. izdaja, 1991Pesmi za umrlimi sanjami, 1995Metulji, 2000Banalije, 2003Še banalije, 2005In še, 2007Mesta ure leta, 2011Nedokončane skice neke revolucije, 2013Sanje v drugem jeziku'', Škuc 2018
Prose
Pasijon, 1993Angeli, 1996Zgubljena zgodba, 2001Objemi norosti, 2015
Books for children
Dežela bomb, dežela trav, 2013Alja dobi zajčka, 2014Prva ljubezen, 2014Dihurlandija, 2016Murenček in Polhek, 2017
Books in translation
Obsedenost / Obsession, Aleph – Ed. Genevieve Pastre, Ljubljana – Paris 1991Anđeli, Meandar, Zagreb 2000Parole che bruciano / Besede, ki žgejo, Mobydick, Faenza 2002Obsession, Ecrits des Forges, Quebec 2002Butterflies, Meeting Eyes Bindery, New York 2004Schattenengel, Passagen Verlag, Wien 2004He somiat que havies mort, Emboscal + ILC, Barcelona 2004Poemas por los suenos muertos, CEDMA, Malaga 2004Banalii, Blesok, Skopje 2004Leptiri, DAN, Zagreb 2005Passion, Talisman House, Jersey City 2005To nie jest księga seksu, Wydawnictwo Zielona Sowa, Kraków 2005Metulji / mariposas, Ediciones Gog y Magog, Buenos Aires 2006Banalni neshta, Izdatelstvo Karina M., Sofija 2006Die verlorene Geschichte, Sisyphus, Klagenfurt 2006Borboletas, Editorial 100, Vila Nova de Gaia 2007Passion, ZOE edizioni, Forli 2007Schmetterlinge, Sisyphus Verlag, Klagenfurt 2008Banalities, A Midsummer Night's Press, New York 2008Andělé, Větrné mlýny, Brno 2009Farfalle, Edizioni ETS/Alleo, Pisa 2009Banalitats, Eumo Editorial, Vic 2009Banalien, Männerschwarm Verlag, Hamburg 2010Storia perduta, Beit Casa Editrice, Trieste 2010Banality, Adolescent, Zabreh 2011Banalità, Edizioni del Leone, Venezia 2011Banalidades, Ediciones Gog y Magog, Buenos Aires 2011Lost Story, Talisman House, Jersey City 2011Banalije, Altagama, Zagreb 2012Banalnošči, Raduga, Kyiv 2012Gharaq Xortohra, Inizjamed, Valletta 2013Banalidades, Visor libros, Madrid 2013El pais de las bombas, Bellaterra, Barcelona 2014El pais dels bombes, Bellaterra, Barcelona 2014Bilad alkanabil wa bilad alhašaiš, Sefsafa, Kairo 2014Pasión, Dos Bigotes, Madrid 2014Nedovršene skice jedne revolucije, h, d, p, Zagreb 2015Banalités, Maison de la poésie, Tinqueux 2015Banalien 2, Sisyphus Verlag, Klagenfurt 2016Mi primer amor, Bellaterra, Barcelona 2016Possesão, Roma Editora, Lisboa 2016Il coniglio di Alja, Asterios Editore, Trieste, 2016Com’è verde il mondo senza le bombe della guerra, Asterios Editore, Trieste, 2016Mugiuittang aideul, Hanulimkids Publishing, Seoul 2016Mania, Raduga, Kyiv 2017Första kärleken, Vombat förlag, Färjestaden 2017Que teñas unha lectura solitaria, Chan da Pólvora Ed., Santiago de Compostela 2017Esbozos inacabados de una revolución, Baile del Sol, Tegueste 2017Unfinished Sketches of a Revolution, Talisman House, Northfield 2018Umarmungen des Wahnsinns, Sisyphus Verlag, Klagenfurt 2018Cheot Sarang, Oomzicc Publisher, Seoul 2018