Udovič Jože:
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On the hilltops
amid this picture
I reencountered
that ineffable day
of childhood.
I entered
into that space
created for me,
into those valleys,
where everything whispers
my words.
I advance
toward a city
of forgotten tales,
toward emerald green
mountains,
as though I have found
my homeland.
Jože Udovič
(1912-1962) A poet, writer, essayist and translator. He studied Slovenian language in Maribor. During WWII he was expelled from Slovenia and in 1943 he joined the partisan resistance. After the war he worked as a free-lance writer. His lyrical writing was under the influence of the modernist European poets he translated. Udovič was one of the first poets to introduce surrealist technique into Slovenian letters, tempering it with meditations on the beautifully mysterious forces of nature. In addition to five comprehensive collections of poems, Udovič published a number of essays and some novellas. Udovič was one of the best contemporary translators, rendering into Slovenian the works of Joyce, Kafka, Lorca and Neruda. In 1962 he won the Prešeren Prize for lifetime achievement.By the same author
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