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Josip Murn

Slovenian poet (1879-1901) · Writers · Died at 22

Josip Murn, also known under the pseudonym Aleksandrov was a Slovene symbolist poet. Together with Ivan Cankar, Oton Župančič, and Dragotin Kette, he was regarded as one of the beginners of modernism in Slovene literature.

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After France Prešeren and Edvard Kocbek, Murn was probably the most influential Slovene poet of the last two centuries.

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1879 to 1901 · aged 22