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France Prešeren

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Also known as France Prešern, Ribčev France

Slovene national poet, a Carniolan Romantic poet of Slovene descent (1800–1849)

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France Prešeren was a 19th-century Slovene poet and a major figure of the Romantic movement who is considered his nation's most important literary figure. His work helped establish Slovene as a literary language and remains central to Slovene cultural identity, with his poetry still widely read and celebrated in Slovenia today.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Habsburg monarchy
Place of birth
Vrba
Place of death
Kranj
Educated at
University of Vienna
Languages spoken
German
Native language
Slovene
Movement
Romanticism
Image
Prešern-Goldenstein.jpg
Significant event
meeting
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influenced by
Friedrich Schiller
Commons category
France Prešeren
date of birth
1800-12-03
date of death
1849-02-08
topic's main category
Category:France Prešeren
Commons Creator page
France Prešeren
manner of death
natural causes
place of burial
Kranj
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France Prešeren
ethnic group
Slovenes
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Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
name in native language
France Prešeren
relative
Anton Vovk
cause of death
liver cirrhosis
writing language
Slovene
birth name
Franc Ksaver Prešeren
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Encyclopedic overview

France Prešeren ( pronounced [fɾanˈtsɛ́ pɾɛˈʃèːɾən] ) (3 December 1800 – 8 February 1849) was a Slovene poet whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Slovene literature. His poems have been translated into many languages.

He has been considered the greatest Slovene classical poet and has inspired later Slovene literature. After his death, he became the leading name of the Slovene literary canon.

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