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Ivan Cankar (About this sound 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 the Slovene language, and has sometimes been compared to Franz Kafka and James Joyce.

Personal facts

Birth date	May 10, 1876
Birth place	Austria-Hungary , Slovenia , Duchy of Carniola , Vrhnika
Date of death	December 11, 1918
Place of death	Ljubljana , Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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