Edvard Kocbek Writer

Edvard Kocbek (About this sound pronunciation ) (27 September 1904 – 3 November 1981) was a Slovenian poet, writer, essayist, translator, member of Christian Socialists in the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation and Slovene Partisans. He is considered as one of the best authors who have written in Slovene, and one of the best Slovene poets after Prešeren. His political role during and after World War II made him one of the most controversial figures in Slovenia in the 20th century.

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Edvard Kocbek
Birth dateSeptember 27, 1904
Birth place
Austria-Hungary , Slovenia , Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici , Duchy of Styria
Date of deathNovember 03, 1981
Place of death
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Ljubljana , Socialist Republic of Slovenia
Children
Matja%C5%BE Kocbek
Jurij Kocbek

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