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The Center is dedicated to fostering
support and work in the following areas:
- facilitating quality translations
of contemporary and classic Slovenian literature,
- drawing the attention of international
publishers to the rich, albeit less-known, heritage of Slovenian literature,
- presenting relevant information
to the interested public in the international context
hi this way the Center responds to
the needs that other institutions in this field were either unable or
unwilling to meet While the Center's primary task is to address an international
audience, it is no less committed to informing the Slovenian public about
the important trends, authors, and publishing events in the global literary
world. The Center is thus open to collaboration with other local and international
institutions and individuals working toward similar goals.
The Center finances its activities
by funds raised both locally and internationally. The Center's priorities
include, but are not limited to, the creation of computer-assisted data
bases of translations and translators; the providing of information to
selected target-audiences; public presentations of selected works and
authors abroad; the facilitation, coordination and nurturing of international
collaboration; the integration into existing international programs and
networks with a similar substantive emphasis; the development of a creative
approach to the promotion of Slovenian literature. The Center's program
is conducted by permanent and/or individual project-based groups.
Main projects of the Center for Slovenian
Literature, as well as those of its predecessor, the Vladimir Bartol Foundation
(from 1988).
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1992
The Trubar Foundation (sponsoring book publications of translated Slovenian
literature) established as a joint venture of the Vladimir Bartol Foundation
and the Slovenian Writers' Association.
1994 Preparation of "Poesie Slovene
contemporaine', an anthology of six Slovenian poets, published by Autres
temps (Marseille) and Ecrits des Forges (Quebec).
1995 Presentation of four Slovenian poets in the Centre International
de Poesie, Marseille, France. Presentation of four Slovenian writers in
Circulo de Bellas Artes. Madrid, Spain.
1996 Preparation of 'Nouvelles Slovenes', an anthology of five
Slovenian fiction writers, published by Autres temps (Marseille).
1997 Presentation of five Slovenian writers in Le Theatre Poeme,
Bruxelles. Belgium, and in INALCO, Paris, France. Preparation of 'The
Imagination of Terra Incognita;
Slovenian Writing 1945 -1995' (edited by Ales Debeljak), the first anthology
of Slovenian writing to include poetry, fiction and essays.
Presentation of five Slovenian writers in the USA (the Poets House, New
York City; the Library of Congress, Washington;
Northwestern University, Chicago).
1998 Presentation of four Slovenian writers in Colombia (Javeriana,
De los Andes, Nacional Universities), Venezuela (Centro Romulo Gallegos,
Caracas), and Mexico (Casa de poes(a, Mexico City).
1999 Presentation of seven Slovenian writers in Scandinavia
(Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark). Presentation of twelve Slovenian writers
at the Frankfurt Book Fair (Slovenian Alley).
2000 Presentation of five Slovenian writers in Brazil (Universidade
Federal do Rio de Janeiro, International Book Fair in Sao Paulo, Academia
Mineira de Letras, Belo Horizonte, Fundacao Casa de Jorge Amado, Academia
de Letras da Bahia...). Presentation of four Slovenian writers at the
Casa de Fernardo Pessoa, Lisbon, Portugal.
2001 Presentation of five Slovenian writers in Australia. Presentation
of Slovenian poets in Poland
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