Center for Slovenian Literature, Public Agency for Cultural Activities and Cultural Society Badger and partners are inviting a writer for
3-weeks long residency in Kočevje.
Writers, poets and dramatists from countries other than Slovenia are welcome. Please send your interest to litcenter@mail.ljudmila.org before July 31st, 2008. Enclose a short CV and bibliography. One person will be selected. The decision will be declared on September 5th, 2008, at latest.
The residency will take place from October 28th to November 17th, 2008. Cost free lodging and food are provided for supporting a writer, who cares for creating in a peaceful environment of a hidden European town. Cost free transport from the Airport at Brnik, Slovenia, to Kočevje and back is optional. Please do not forget to bring your own computer! Internet connection is provided.
Writer in residence is required to read from his or her work at a literary evening in Kočevje and to inscribe in the book, for which text was created during the residency, the following inscription: “This book was (partially) written in Kočevje, Slovenia, with support of Center for Slovenian Literature, Public Agency for Cultural Activities and Cultural Society Badger and partners.” A copy of the book is requested for donation to the Library in Kočevje.
Kočevje is inspiring with its history as a point, where socialism meets democracy, with its unspoiled nature as a settlement in the middle of the deepest woods and with its cultural background, as one believes that Shakespeare’s Romeo and Julia is written after the story of unfortunate love between Count of Celje and Veronika, which has find its hideout in Kočevje. More about Kočevje: here