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Anton Aškerc

1856 - 1912

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Anton Aškerc (pronounced [anˈtoːn ˈaːʃkɛrts] ; 9 January 1856 – 10 June 1912) was a Slovenian poet and Roman Catholic priest who worked in Austria, best known for his epic poems. Aškerc was born into a peasant family near the town of Rimske Toplice in the Duchy of Styria, then part of the Austrian Empire (now in Slovenia), and baptized Anton Askerz. His place of birth is recorded as at house no. 5 (i.e., the Hrušovar farm, his father's house) in Senožete, which at the time was a hamlet of Rimske Toplice (German: Töplitz). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Aškerc is the 5,114th most popular writer (up from 5,422nd in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Slovenia (up from 100th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Slovene Writer.

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Among writers, Anton Aškerc ranks 5,114 out of 7,302. Before him are Sarah Kirsch, Duygu Asena, Jacques Jasmin, Tsendiin Damdinsüren, M. Ageyev, and Prvoslav Vujcic. After him are Raghunath Murmu, Deon Meyer, Sanchuniathon, Mahmud Taymur, Osman Nuri Topbaş, and Oğuz Atay.

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Among people born in 1856, Anton Aškerc ranks 110. Before him are Elbert Hubbard, Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Jens Christian Christensen, Friedrich Kluge, James Buchanan Duke, and Paul Henri Lecomte. After him are Wilhelm Geiger, Leon Benois, Yuly Shokalsky, Edward Bagnall Poulton, Kenyon Cox, and Vernon Lee. Among people deceased in 1912, Anton Aškerc ranks 113. Before him are Patricio Escobar, Pencho Slaveykov, Iakob Gogebashvili, Heinrich Gerber, Lawrence Oates, and Spiru Haret. After him are Ahmet Mithat, Aleksey Suvorin, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Richard Andree, and Máximo Tajes.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Anton Aškerc ranks 97 out of 340. Before him are Milivoje Novaković (1979), Fran Levstik (1831), Matjaž Kek (1961), Damir Skomina (1976), Sasha Vujačić (1984), and Željko Milinovič (1969). After him are Constantin von Wurzbach (1818), Valerio Perentin (1909), Primož Ulaga (1962), Fredi Bobic (1971), György Almásy (1867), and Luiza Pesjak (1828).

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Among WRITERS In Slovenia

Among writers born in Slovenia, Anton Aškerc ranks 16. Before him are Oton Župančič (1878), Srečko Kosovel (1904), Adam Bohorič (1520), Louis Adamic (1898), Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806), and Fran Levstik (1831). After him are Constantin von Wurzbach (1818), Luiza Pesjak (1828), Zofka Kveder (1878), Josip Jurčič (1844), Josipina Turnograjska (1833), and Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871).

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