The article researches the concept of transnationality on the basis of American theoretical sources and tries to connect it closely to the study of modern and contemporary poetry. Among several ...challenges of the transnational approach, the concept of the nation is mentioned as an important element, in addition to global connectedness, as is the importance of studying transnational contacts with all involved cultures in mind. Tomaz Salamun and Charles Simic, two poets who have found success and a positive reception in the other culture, are given as examples of a transnational contact between Slovenia and the U.S. To explain and closely study this contact, the article offers an overview of the characteristics of both poetics, which have made both poets attractive for American or Slovenian critics and readers. Translation, its impossibility and urgency, is mentioned as the central activity that creates transnational moments between cultures. Keywords: transnational, translation, contemporary poetry, Charles Simic, Tomaz Salamun Clanek na podlagi ameriskih teoretskih virov razisce pojem transnacionalnosti in ga poskusi cim bolj tesno vezati na studije moderne in sodobne poezije. Izpostavi tudi dolocene izzive transnacionalnega pristopa, predvsem dejstvo, da je kljub globalni povezanosti narod nemogoce odmisliti in je vsak transnacionalni stik potrebno premisliti skozi prizmo vseh vkljucenih kultur. Kot primera transnacionalnega stika med amerisko in slovensko poezijo sta izpostavljena Tomaz Salamun in Charles Simica, ki sta oba na svoj nacin prestopila omenjeno mejo in dozivela uspeh na tujih tleh. Pregled omejenih stikov sluzi predvsem kot oris dolocenih potez obeh poetik, ki so privlacile ameriske ali slovenske kritike in bralce. Clanek izpostavi se nezmoznost, a hkrati nujnost prevajanja, ki je tisti postopek, ki sploh omogoca transnacionalne stike med kulturami. Kljucne besede: transnacionalno, prevod, sodobna poezija, Charles Simic, Tomaz Salamun
