Dario Cvencek, Immigrant, Refugee Poet from the Balkans; Author, ‘PTSD Martini’
- Dario is an immigrant and a refugee poet from the Balkans.
- He’s an author of a book titled PTSD Martini.
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Overview
Immigrant and refugee poet Dario reflects on war, displacement, identity, and healing—revealing how poetry becomes both a refuge and a form of resistance in a world shaped by trauma and migration.
00:34- About Dario Cvencek
- Dario is an immigrant and a refugee poet from the Balkans.
- He’s an author of a book titled PTSD Martini.
03:27- What challenges did you face finding your poetic voice in a new language and culture?
- Initially struggled to express ideas due to limited command of English and lack of the right words.
- Adapting to a new cultural and linguistic context required relearning poetry outside rigid traditional forms.
- Over time, writing in English became liberating, allowing creative freedom and flexible movement between languages.
12:56- What inspires you to blend war memories with Slavic mythology in your poetry?
- Memory itself functions like myth, shaped and filtered by personal experience and perception.
- Blending war memories with Slavic mythology allows a dialogue between personal and cultural narratives.
- Poetry becomes a way to question, reinterpret, and reconstruct myths to create new meaning.
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- Dario is an immigrant and a refugee poet from the Balkans.
- He’s an author of a book titled PTSD Martini.
