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Edvard Kocbek
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Edvard Kocbek was a male linguist, poet, political commissar, and writer born in Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici in 1904. He was educated at the University of Ljubljana and wrote in Slovene. His notable works include Drugovanje, Strah i hrabrost, Roki, Kocbekovo berilo, and Strah in pogum. He spoke and wrote in French and Slovene.
Kocbek was a participant in the Assembly of the Delegates of the Slovene Nation. He received the Prešeren Award, the Order "For Merit to the People", the Order of Brotherhood and Unity, and the Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941. He was affiliated with the Catholic Church.
He died in Ljubljana in 1981 and was buried at Žale Central Cemetery. His citizenship included the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and Austria–Hungary.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 44
Top works
- Drugovanje
- Strah i hrabrost
- Roki
- Kocbekovo berilo
- Strah in pogum
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Slovenia
- Active from
- 1904
- Active to
- 1981
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Microstructure of a spatial map in the entorhinal cortex
· 2005 · cited 3,518x
- Pembrolizumab alone or with chemotherapy versus cetuximab with chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (KEYNOTE-048): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 study
· 2019 · cited 2,923x
- Path integration and the neural basis of the 'cognitive map'
· 2006 · cited 1,747x
- Memory, navigation and theta rhythm in the hippocampal-entorhinal system
· 2013 · cited 1,729x
- Functional organization of the hippocampal longitudinal axis
· 2014 · cited 1,645x
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Key facts
- Born
- Eduard Kocbek , ( 1904-09-27 ) 27 September 1904, Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici , Duchy of Styria , Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia )
- Died
- 3 November 1981 (1981-11-03) (aged 77), Ljubljana , Slovenia , Yugoslavia
- Occupation
- poet , writer , politician , essayist , translator
- Spouse
- Zdravka Koprivnjak
- Children
- Lučka Kocbek, Matjaž Kocbek , Jurij Kocbek
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edvard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria–Hungary
- Place of birth
- Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici
- Place of death
- Ljubljana
- Occupation
- essayist
- Educated at
- University of Ljubljana
- Languages spoken
- Slovene
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- Assembly of the Delegates of the Slovene Nation
- Image
- Kocbek.jpg
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- Commons category
- Edvard Kocbek
- date of birth
- 1904-09-27
- date of death
- 1981-11-03
- name in native language
- Edvard Kocbek
- place of burial
- Žale Central Cemetery
- writing language
- Slovene
- described at URL
- openbenches.org/bench/37828
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Encyclopedic overview
Edvard Kocbek ( pronounced [ˈéːdʋaɾt ˈkóːdzbɛk], pronunciation) (27 September 1904 – 3 November 1981) was a Slovenian Yugoslav poet, writer, essayist, translator, member of Christian Socialists in the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation and Slovene Partisans. He is considered one of the best authors who have written in Slovene, and one of the best Slovene poets after Prešeren. His political role during and after World War II made him one of the most controversial figures in Slovenia in the 20th century.
Biography
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