Edvard Kocbek | |
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![]() Kocbek in 1930 | |
Born | Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici, Duchy of Styria, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia) | 27 September 1904
Died | 3 November 1981 Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia | (aged 77)
Occupation | poet, writer, politician, essayist, translator |
Spouse | Zdravka Koprivnjak |
Children | Lučka Kocbek, Matjaž Kocbek, Jurij Kocbek |
Edvard Kocbek (Slovenian Yugoslav poet, writer, essayist, translator, member of Christian Socialists in the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation and Slovene Partisans. He is considered one of the best authors who have written in Slovene, and one of the best Slovene poets after Prešeren.[1] 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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