Edvard Kocbek
Slovenian writer (1904-1981) · Serbia · On the map · Writers · Died at 77
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.
Edvard Kocbek is read about 14 times a day, in 27 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 140 days, one point a day.
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Kocbek (left) with a group of young Slovenian writers in Ljubljana, 1925. Left to right: Edvard Kocbek, Bogomil Hrovat, Slavko Grum, Anton Ocvirk, Josip Vidmar, Vladimir Bartol
Kocbek (third from the right, in the back) with Marshall Tito (first from the right) and a group of Yugoslav Communist resistance leaders in Drvar cave Bosnia in 1944.Awards
About this person
His political role during and after World War II made him one of the most controversial figures in Slovenia in the 20th century.
Country
Serbia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 1981 · aged 77
