Kocbek, Edvard

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Name (Latin)
Kocbek, Edvard
Other forms of name
Kocbek, Edvard, 1904-1981
Date of birth
1904-09-27
Date of death
1981-11-03
Associated Language
slv
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 71404088
Wikidata: Q367383
Library of congress: n 82028009
Sources of Information
  • Strah in pogum, 1951.
  • Kat. glas, 11/21/81:(Edvard Kocbek died Nov. 3, 1981)
  • Wikipedia, Nov. 24, 2010(Edvard Kocbek; b. September 27, 1904; d. November 3, 1981; Slovenian poet, writer, essayist, translator, political activist, and resistance fighter)
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Wikipedia description:

Edvard Kocbek () (27 September 1904 – 3 November 1981) 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. His political role during and after World War II made him one of the most controversial figures in Slovenia in the 20th century.

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