France Prešeren
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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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.