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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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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 · Русский
И́ван Ца́нкар (словен. Ivan Cankar; 10 мая 1876, Врхника — 11 декабря 1918, Любляна) — словенский писатель-классик, прозаик, драматург, публицист, чье творчество определяло основную специфику «словенского модерна». Цанкар внёс большой вклад в развитие национальной культуры словенского народа. Создатель собственного самобытного стиля. «Его обширное творчество — прозa, дрaматургия, публицистикa, литерaтурная критикa, поэзия — пронизано духом борьбы против социального и нaционального гнетa, глубокой, трепетной человечностью и отмечено высоким художественным совершенством».
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