Every Child is Beautiful When Born: Selected Poems

By Esad Babačić Translated by Andrej Pleterski ISBN: 9781628973402 Publication Date: 10/12/2021 In this, Esad Babačić’s first book of poetry to appear in English, a different and surprising voice emerges from Slovenia. The closest parallel is the poetry, as much as the attitude, of Charles Bukowski. It’s the voice of the streets and it’s a demotic voice, purged of the sense of the “beautiful.” It could be described as jagged and rough, but done purposely to release poetry from well-worn traditional forms and style. His is a masterful voice, and one that should be heard and recognized outside of Slovenia, and here translated ingeniously by Andrej Pleterski. Biographical Information Esad Babačić was born in 1965 in Ljubljana to a working-class migrant family. After completing his military service in Titograd, Babačić returned to Ljubljana and started studying Slovene language and literature, as well as Southern Slavic languages, at the Faculty of Arts. His poetry has been translated into