Categoria: Igor Rems
IGOR REMS, poet and painter, born in Bar (Yugoslavia).
Publications:
At the gate of the kingdom of heaven, 1996
Wild River, 1996
Cities, 1998
Pilgrimages, 1999, 2004, 2005
Blind to hell, 2007
The colors are sleeping in flames, 2008
Secret of the Etruscan silence, 2009
The Unreal Woman, 2011
About poetry and its meaning, 2012
My painter, 2013
Water circle, 2016
Pictures of a poet, 2018
Literary prizes:
Rastko-Petrovic, 2000, Belgrade, Serbia
International Naaji Naman Prize, 2003,
Literature Prize Kocicevo-Pero, 2006, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Irin Pirin, 2009, Bulgaria
NOSSIDE World Poetry Prize-2010, Reggio Calabria,
Italy Olympus Poetry Prize: Hermes, 2011, Larissa, Greece
Konstantinsvisionen, 2013, the second prize for his short story, Nis
Vidovdan Deed, 2017, Podgorica
His poetry has been published in numerous anthologies, almanacs, collections of poetry and literary magazines in Germany and abroad. His poems are written in Serbian language and translated into German, English, French, Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Romanian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Greek, Italian, Ukrainian and Sorbian.
He participated in: Smederevo’s Poetry Autumn (Smederevo), Spring Meetings (Hilden, Germany), International Poetry Festival (Alikante, Spain), NOSSIDE (Reggio Calabria, Italy), Literary Days (Akyaka, Turkey), International Poetry Festival (Struga, Macedonia), Poets World Congress and First Mediteranean Poetry Festival (Larisa, Greece), Literary Days (Bergheim, Germany), Festival Poesia Europea (Frankfurt, Germany), International Poetry Festival of the Sorbs (Bautzen, Germany), Poetry Nights (Curtea de Arges, Romania)…
He is a member of the Serbian Writers Association, the Montenegrin Writers’ Association, the Association of German Writers and the Ukrainian Academy of International Literary Creation and Art.
He had several solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad.
He lives in Bar and Cologne as a freelance artist.