Josip Murn

Poet, Author

1879 – 1901

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Who was Josip Murn?

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

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Born
Mar 4, 1879
Ljubljana
Also known as
  • Aleksandrov
Parents
Nationality
  • Slovenia
Profession
Education
  • University of Vienna
Lived in
  • Ljubljana
Died
Jun 18, 1901
Ljubljana

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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