France Prešeren
Slovene national poet, a Carniolan Romantic poet of Slovene descent (1800–1849)
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- Momentum2.9
- Writers rank#155
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Lived 1800–1849, aged 49
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The poet who became a national myth by fusing his own romantic failure with the subjugation of his people — so thoroughly that in Slovenia he's described as ubiquitous as the air.
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France Prešeren was born 3 December 1800 and grew up in Carniola, gradually shifting from a regional identity to a broader Slovene one. He clashed with the civil and religious establishment and the provincial bourgeoisie of Ljubljana, writing lyric poetry in Slovene and German that braided unrequited love for his muse Julija Primic with love for a subjugated homeland and suffering humanity. He developed severe alcoholism, attempted suicide at least twice, and watched most of his closest friends die tragically. After his death on 8 February 1849, he became the central figure of the Slovene lite…
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