Ivan Cankar
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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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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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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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