Residency artists and researchers Literature Julija Potrč Translator Julija Potrč (born 1979) completed her Slovenian-language translation of Pirkko Saisio’s Punainen erokirja (The Red Divorce Book) at the Saari Residence. The book will be published in Slovenia during 2009. During her stay she also wrote a sizeable part of her licentiate thesis, the theme of which is the novels of William Faulkner in Slovenian translation. Julija’s next translation project is Petri Tamminen’s short story collections Piiloutujan maa (The Hider’s Country) and Miehen ikävä (A Man’s Longing).