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Ivan Cankar
1876-05-10 – 1918-12-11
Life & Legacy
Ivan Cankar (pronounced [ˈíːʋan ˈtsàːŋkaɾ], ) (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.
Occupation & Career
poet, writer, novelist, politician, essayist, playwright, prose writer
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q15809 — wikidata View source
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