Oto Horvat was born in 1967 in Novi Sad

Novi Sad

Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

, Serbia

Serbia

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. He studied in Novi Sad, Erlangen and Berlin

Berlin

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. He writes poetry and translates from Hungarian, German and Italian. He lives and works in Florence

Florence

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, Italy

Italy

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. He has published the following books of poetry:

• Where forests disappear (KZNS, Novi Sad, 1987, Branko Award)
• Coagulation (Matica Serbian, Novi Sad, 1990)
• Gorki List (Brotherhood and unity, Novi Sad, 1990)
• Photo (Prometheus, Novi Sad, 1996)
• Canada. Gedichte (Verlag Bernhard Martin, Fuhrt (Bay), 1999)
• Residence permit (National Book, Belgrade
  Belgrade
  Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
  
  , 2002)
• Travel in Olmo (National Library of Stefan the First Crowned, Kraljevo
  Kraljevo
  Kraljevo is a city and municipality in central Serbia, built beside the river Ibar, 7 km west of its confluence with the Western Morava. It is located in the midst of an upland valley, between the mountains of Kotlenik in the north, and Stolovi in the south.In 2011 the city has population of...
  
  , 2008)

Also, he has a book of translations John Pilinski, Crater, Selected Poems (JMMT Forum, Novi Sad, 1992). In preparation for the publication is a book of translation of selected poems of Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Hans Magnus Enzensberger , is a German author, poet, translator, and editor. He has also written under the pseudonym Andreas Thalmayr. He lives in Munich.- Life :...

published by the publishing house Agora. His poems are represented in the anthologies Die Neuen Mieter.