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Ivan Cankar

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Ivan Cankar

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Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist (1876-1918)

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Ivan Cankar was a Slovenian writer, playwright, and poet who lived from 1876 to 1918 and used his literary works to engage in political activism. He matters because he was a major figure in Slovenian literature and culture during a pivotal period in Central European history.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1876
Died
1918
Works
16

Top works

  • Aus fremden Leben
  • Das Haus der Barmherzigkeit
  • Za narodov blagor
  • Zgodbe iz doline šentflorjanske
  • Proza

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Slovenia
Active from
1876-05-10
Active to
1918-12-11

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Listeners
1
Total plays
18

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Key facts

Born
( 1876-05-10 ) 10 May 1876, Vrhnika , Carniola , Austrian Empire
Died
11 December 1918 (1918-12-11) (aged 42), Ljubljana , Kingdom of SHS
Occupation
Writer essayist playwright poet political activist
Education
University of Vienna
Genre
plays, short stories, short novels , essays
Literary movement
Symbolism , Modernism

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1876-05-10
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1918-12-11
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Ivan Cankar ( pronounced [ˈíːʋan ˈtsàːŋkaɾ], pronunciation) (10 May 1876 – 11 December 1918) was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet, and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature. He is regarded as the greatest writer in Slovene, and has sometimes been compared to Franz Kafka and James Joyce.

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