Milan Rihter was born in 1948 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, today Slovakia. He studied German, English and Swedish linguistics in Bratislava and in 1990 he received a Fulbright Scholarship in Los Angeles, USA. He was the vice-president of the Slovakian PEN in 2001-02 and since 2001 he has served as the first president of the World Academy of Art and Culture. He is the member of the Norwegian and the European Academy of Poetry. So far he has published 9 poetry collections in Slovakian, two plays, essays and short stories. Selected poems from his poetry are translated in German, Norwegian, Bulgarian, Czech, Arab, French, Hebrew, Spanish. Richter’s poems are translated in 29 languages and published in more that 50 anthologies and magazines. His plays are translated in English, Spanish, German, Serbian and Norwegian. He has received numerous recognitions and awards.
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News
- The “Struga Poetry Evenings” are part of the “Festival of Hope” Friday April 24th, 2020
- The acceptance speech of Amir Or, the recipient of the Golden Wreath for 2020 Tuesday March 24th, 2020
- Fjalimi përshëndetës i Amir Or, fitues i ,,Kurorës së artë” i vitit 2020 Tuesday March 24th, 2020
- Autori Izraelit Amir Or është fitues i çmimit ,,Kurorë e Artë” i INM për vitin 2020 Saturday March 21st, 2020
- The Israeli poet Amir Or is the recipient of the “Golden Wreath” award of the SPE for 2020 Saturday March 21st, 2020
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