Ivan Cankar
Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist (1876-1918) · Writers · Died at 42
Ivan Cankar 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.
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He is regarded as the greatest writer in Slovene, and has sometimes been compared to Franz Kafka and James Joyce.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1876 to 1918 · aged 42
