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Edvard Kocbek

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Slovenian writer (1904-1981)

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Edvard Kocbek was a 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.

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Prešeren Award
Order "For Merit to the People"
Order of Brotherhood and Unity
Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941
Order of the People's Liberation

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Edvard Kocbek was a 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. 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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deceased
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Lived 1904 to 1981 · aged 77
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