Julian Semilian

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Julian Semilian is a poet, translator, novelist and filmmaker. He was born in Romania and presently teaches film editing at the North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking, after a twenty-four year career as a film editor in Hollywood where he has worked on more than 50 movies and TV shows. Semilian is a member of PEN America. He has published five books: A Spy In Amnesia, novel, (Spuyten Duyvil), Transgender Organ Grinder, poems, (Spuyten Duyvil), Osiris with a Trombone Across the Seam of Insubstance, (Spuyten Duyvil), Paul Celan's Romanian Poems, translation (Green Integer), Nostalgia, by Mircea Cartarescu, translation, (New Directions). His translation of Gherasim Luca's The Inventor Of Love will be out later this year from Spuyten Duyvil. Along with his wife Laura Semilian, he translated Max Blecher's Scarred Hearts (awaiting publication from Oldstreet Publishing).

Among the published poets translated by Semilian are: Paul Celan, Gellu Naum, Tristan Tzara, Benjamin Fondane, Stefan Augustin Doinas, Tudor Arghezi, Urmuz, Gherasim Luca, Ilarie Voronca, Mircea Cartarescu. in such magazines as: Exquisite Corpse, Suitcase, Arshile, World Letter, Mr. Knife & Miss Fork, Ribot, Transcendental Friend, Syllogism, Callaloo, Sun & Moon Kenning Review, Trepan, Urvox, LACMA and MOMA catalogues containing writings by the Romanian avant-garde, MiPoesias, Fascicle. The October 2004 issue of Words Without Borders contains Semilian's translations of current Romanian literature. As a poet, Semilian has published in magazines such as: Exquisite Corpse, Suitcase, Arshile, Callaloo, World Letter, Syllogism, Trepan, MiPoesias, Fascicle, Romania Libera, Vatra, Scrisul Romanesc.