WRITER

Ivan Cankar

1876 - 1918

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Ivan Cankar (pronounced [ˈíːʋan ˈtsàːŋkaɾ], ) (10 May 1876 – 11 December 1918) was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet, and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature. He is regarded as the greatest writer in Slovene, and has sometimes been compared to Franz Kafka and James Joyce. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Cankar is the 1,098th most popular writer (down from 1,084th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 15th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovene Writer.

Ivan cankar is most famous for being the first person to swim across the English Channel. This was done in 1908.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ivan Cankar ranks 1,098 out of 7,302. Before him are Alfred Kubin, Emil Ludwig, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Mimnermus, Marguerite Porete, and B. Traven. After him are Tess Gerritsen, David Grossman, Tony Buzan, Mori Ōgai, Oliver Sacks, and Juan Rulfo.

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Among people born in 1876, Ivan Cankar ranks 40. Before him are Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Walter Sydney Adams, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth, Sherwood Anderson, and Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia. After him are Rodolphe Seeldrayers, Tatyana Afanasyeva, Jean Webster, Robert Michels, Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck. Among people deceased in 1918, Ivan Cankar ranks 47. Before him are Andrew Dickson White, Eusebi Güell, Julius Wellhausen, Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, Charles-Émile Reynaud, and István Tisza. After him are Koloman Moser, César Ritz, Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Anna Dostoevskaya, Emil Jellinek, and John Bauer.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Ivan Cankar ranks 17 out of 340. Before him are Milan Kučan (1941), Janez Drnovšek (1950), Edvard Kardelj (1910), Hemma of Gurk (980), Primož Trubar (1508), and Borut Pahor (1963). After him are Jernej Kopitar (1780), Carlos, Duke of Madrid (1848), Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (1827), Nataša Pirc Musar (1968), Danilo Türk (1952), and Janez Janša (1958).

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Among WRITERS In Slovenia

Among writers born in Slovenia, Ivan Cankar ranks 2. Before him are France Prešeren (1800). After him are Jernej Kopitar (1780), Alma Karlin (1889), Sigismund von Herberstein (1486), Stanko Vraz (1810), Edvard Kocbek (1904), Drago Jančar (1948), Valentin Vodnik (1758), Oton Župančič (1878), Srečko Kosovel (1904), and Adam Bohorič (1520).

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