Peter-Clement Woetmann | Artists in Residence | Kamov Residency

Peter-Clement Woetmann

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Peter-Clement Woetmann was born in 1985. in Copenhagen. He graduated form the School of Creative Writing in 2006.. His debut came in 2005. with the collection Heldigvis er skoven blevet vok/Fortunately, the forest got lost.  In 2005., before this work he, alongside his brother, poet Lars-Emil Woetmann, published a book Broedrene Woetmann af Danmark/Woetmann Brothers from Denmark. Since 2003. he had continously been publishing in various Danish magazines and his works have been included in numerous anthologies, including a poem about climate Hallo, jeg er vejret/Hello, I am weather which has been published  in an anthology financed by the Danish Ministry of Climatology. He acted as the editor of various literary magazines, and he founded, alongside four other artists, a web-magazine Morgenroede/Dawn. His book Mit indre Pompeii/My inner Pompei was published in 2010.

He is currently enrolled in th Course od Landscape architecture and Urban design in the University of Copenhagen. At the moment he is working on two projects - his latest novel Historien om Ulrich /The Story of Ulrich and a collection of poems.

International Writers Exchange

15.10.-15.11.2011.

Croatian writers society from Zagreb is organising a one-month residency of writer Peter-Clement Woetmann from Copenhagen, Denmark in the Kamov Residency in Rijeka.

Peter-Clement Woetmann was invited to stay in Rijeka by the Croatian writers society, as a part of their regular programme of international cooperation – International Writers Exchange .So far, the cooperation was primarily with European countries, and sporadically with Asian countries such as China, India and Japan. Programmes were mainly in form of short journeys of a number of authors with the main goal of reaching foreign audience. Nevertheless, quite a number of those trips resulted in successfull  partnerships with foreign publishers, mainly concerning the translations of Croatian writers in foreign languages. In return,  Croatian writers society, had  hosted numerous foreign writers whose texts have been translated to Croatian and mostly published in magazines Poezija/Poetry, Književna republika/Literary Republic and Europski glasnik/European Messenger. This is their first cooperation with Danish Authors' Society - Dansk Forfatterforening with whom they plan to establish long-lasting and valuable partnership. In addition, this is the first time that they have, as a model of writers exchange programme, chosen a one-month residency stay of a single author in a Residence apartment. They used this particular form of exchange because they consider it to be potentially more fruitful concerning the cultural and language dynamics. Peter-Clement Woetmann will be introduced to the cultural life of Rijeka – moreover, he will become its active participant by presenting his works – book, texts that he created during his visit and contemporary Danish literature. Clearly, since it is a writers exchange programme, the Danish Authors' Society - Dansk Forfatterforening will next year host a one-month long residency of Nikola Petković, author, poet, critic and university professor from Rijeka in Copenhagen.

During his visit to Rijeka, Woetmann will work on his latest novel Historien om Ulrich/The Story of Ulrich and a collection of poems,core of which is currently being shaped – the suiteabout The Sun, a woman nad someone who is present no more. In addition to his creative pursuits, he will take part in four public events – in the Ribook bookstore, on The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and in the NGO Centre Molekula/Molecule, where his will present his published works and read excerpts from his latest manuscripts. This form of public events will be a sort of presentation in sequels. Besides these events that are aimed towards a more diverse audience, he will give two lectures on The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences:

1. Contemporary Danish Poetry
2. Introduction to literary oeuvre of Danish author Inger Christensen

Croatian Writers' Society

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Croatian Writers' Society is a non-governmental, non-political professional association of writers who are active within the Republic of Croatia meaning those who write in the Croatian language as well as those professional authors of literal and other texts who are in agreement with the aims and activities of the Society. The Society assembles writers of literary and other related texts, and for the protection of their professional rights and interests, for the promotion of standards of literary creativity and the general standard of the written and public word as well as the professional and public status of writers of literary and other related texts. In order to fulfil the aims, the Society cooperates with various partners which are concerned with the professional, vocational and cultural questions of literature and carries out numerosu activities, such as: publishing of literary, cultural and professional publications, organisation  of literary, professional and scientific gatherings, etc.