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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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Vinony's link graph records 136 inbound references to Ivan Cankar, and connects out to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Catholic Church and positivism.
It sits within the topics 1876 births, 1918 deaths and Burials at Žale.
Vinony links it to 44 Wikipedia language editions.
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ivan
- Family name
- Cankar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
- Place of birth
- Vrhnika
- Place of death
- Ljubljana
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Languages spoken
- Slovene
- Genre
- novella
- Image
- Ivan Cankar 1915.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ivan Cankar
- date of birth
- 1876-05-10
- date of death
- 1918-12-11
- topic's main category
- Category:Ivan Cankar
- Commons Creator page
- Ivan Cankar
- influenced by
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- place of burial
- Žale Central Cemetery
- Commons gallery
- Ivan Cankar
- cause of death
- 1918–1920 flu pandemic
- writing language
- Slovene
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Article · Deutsch
Ivan Cankar (* 10. Mai 1876 in Vrhnika / Oberlaibach, Slowenien; † 11. Dezember 1918 in Ljubljana / Laibach) war slowenischer Schriftsteller und Dichter.
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