WRITER

Edvard Kocbek

1904 - 1981

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Edvard Kocbek (pronounced [ˈéːdʋaɾt ˈkóːdzbɛk], ) (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edvard Kocbek is the 2,941st most popular writer (down from 2,561st in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 50th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Slovene Writer.

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Among writers, Edvard Kocbek ranks 2,941 out of 7,302. Before him are Joe Hill, Antonio de Guevara, Subramania Bharati, Mouloud Feraoun, David Albahari, and K. A. Applegate. After him are José Martínez Ruiz, Lucrezia Marinella, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Dmitry Pisarev, Champfleury, and Knud Knudsen.

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Among people born in 1904, Edvard Kocbek ranks 145. Before him are Goffredo Petrassi, Lippo Hertzka, Sergei Yutkevich, Miguel Capuccini, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, and James J. Gibson. After him are Antoun Saadeh, Bruce Cabot, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, Ellen Church, Lauri Virtanen, and Emilio Recoba. Among people deceased in 1981, Edvard Kocbek ranks 106. Before him are Michele Andreolo, Alexander Kotov, Sven Andersson, T. H. Marshall, Gloria Grahame, and Charles Barton. After him are Mica Todorović, Hermann Esser, Zdeněk Burian, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Roman Rudenko, and Jaime Roldós Aguilera.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Edvard Kocbek ranks 57 out of 340. Before him are Rihard Jakopič (1869), Stanko Vraz (1810), Jakob Lorber (1800), Ita Rina (1907), Samir Handanović (1984), and Ivan Regen (1868). After him are Drago Jančar (1948), Rudolf Maister (1874), Miroslav Cerar (1939), Zoran Mušič (1909), Anton Haus (1851), and Miro Cerar (1963).

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Among WRITERS In Slovenia

Among writers born in Slovenia, Edvard Kocbek ranks 7. Before him are France Prešeren (1800), Ivan Cankar (1876), Jernej Kopitar (1780), Alma Karlin (1889), Sigismund von Herberstein (1486), and Stanko Vraz (1810). After him are Drago Jančar (1948), Valentin Vodnik (1758), Oton Župančič (1878), Srečko Kosovel (1904), Adam Bohorič (1520), and Louis Adamic (1898).

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