Kocbek, Edvard
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- 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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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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