Ljubka Šorli

Ljubka Šorli was a Slovenian writer, poet and teacher. She is known for her resistance against fascism, her poetic evocations of the Slovene Littoral landscape, her patriotic and religious verses, and her love poetry for her husband Lojze Bratuž, who was killed by the fascists. Her World War I refugee childhood and World War II imprisonment and torture deeply influenced her literary work. In addition to writing poetry, she devoted decades to teaching in Slovene-language schools and preserving Slovene culture under Italian rule. Ljubka's legacy as a "poet of resistance, hope and love" is today recognized on both sides of the Slovene–Italian border.