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Tomaž Šalamun

1941 - 2014

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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 an internationally acclaimed absurdist. His more than 50 books of Slovene poetry have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomaž Šalamun is the 3,231st most popular writer (down from 2,919th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 170th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Croatian Writer.

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Among writers, Tomaž Šalamun ranks 3,231 out of 7,302. Before him are Ignacio Ramonet, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Valentin Rasputin, Erich Fried, and Azalais de Porcairagues. After him are Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Jorge Bucay, Juana de Ibarbourou, Remmius Palaemon, Abolqasem Lahouti, and Émile Faguet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Tomaž Šalamun ranks 272. Before him are Miriam Margolyes, Roberto Calasso, Bakili Muluzi, Silvio Moser, Ulf Merbold, and Ahmed al-Mirghani. After him are Robert D. Putnam, Mike Love, Airto Moreira, Wu Bangguo, Dragoljub Ojdanić, and Andrea de Adamich. Among people deceased in 2014, Tomaž Šalamun ranks 193. Before him are Sulejman Tihić, Henning Carlsen, Jean-Jacques Marcel, Angéla Németh, Josep Maria Subirachs, and Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani. After him are Paul Mazursky, Jaime Lusinchi, Ferdinando Terruzzi, Reuven Feuerstein, Carlos Borges, and Theodore Van Kirk.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Tomaž Šalamun ranks 186 out of 700. Before him are Thomas the Archdeacon (1200), Darijo Srna (1982), Sergio Endrigo (1933), Archduke Leo Karl of Austria (1893), Ivo Brešan (1936), and Ivica Šurjak (1953). After him are Andrija Kačić Miošić (1704), Petar Hektorović (1487), August Šenoa (1838), María Baxa (1946), Franjo Rački (1828), and Branko Mamula (1921).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Tomaž Šalamun ranks 19. Before him are Tin Ujević (1891), Ivan Mažuranić (1814), Petar Preradović (1818), Branko Radičević (1824), Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873), and Ivo Brešan (1936). After him are Andrija Kačić Miošić (1704), Petar Hektorović (1487), August Šenoa (1838), Niccolò Tommaseo (1802), Franco Sacchetti (1332), and Pavao Ritter Vitezović (1652).

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