Contempo- rary Slovenian poetry 2 - Ljudmila

Nataša Velikonja (b. 1967) graduated in theoretical
sociology at the University of Ljubljana, the city in which
she lives. She works in many areas of social, cultural,
scientific and artistic life in Slovenia. Since 1993 she has
been an activist in the gay and lesbian movement. Four
of her poetry collections have been published: Abonma
(Subscription, 1994), Žeja (Thirst, 1999), Plevel (Weeds,
2004) and Poljub ogledala (The Kiss of the Mirror, 2007).
Her first book is considered to be the first lesbian poetry
book in the Slovenian language. She has published
her poetry in many literary magazines in Slovenia
and abroad and in various anthologies, including Six
Slovenian Poets (Great Britain: ARC Publication, 2006).
She works as an editor of many publications in the
area of Gay and Lesbian Studies. As an essayist she has
published more than five hundred articles, columns,
sociological researches and essays in various journals,
newspapers, magazines, books and radio stations in
Slovenia and abroad. She also works as a translator in the
domain of critical queer and lesbian theory and literature
(Lauretis, Faderman, Wittig, Benstock, Goldstein,
Cottingham, Lapovsky Kennedy etc.).
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Nataša
Velikonja