Tomaž Šalamun, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tomaž Šalamun

Slovene poet, born in 1941 in Zagreb, Croatia

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1941

Place of Birth: Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia

Date of Death: 27-Dec-2014

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Slovenia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Tomaž Šalamun (July 4, 1941 – December 27, 2014) was a Slovenian poet who was a leading figure of postwar neo-avant-garde poetry in Central Europe and internationally acclaimed absurdist.
His books of Slovene poetry have been translated into twenty-one languages, with nine of his thirty-nine books of poetry published in English.
His work has been called a poetic bridge between old European roots and America.
Šalamun was a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
He lived in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and was married to the painter Metka Krašovec.