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Valentin Vodnik

1758 - 1819

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Valentin Vodnik (3 February 1758 – 8 January 1819) was a Slovene priest, journalist and poet from Carniola. He was active in the late Enlightenment period. He is well known for his contributions in writing materials that lifted the prestige of the Slovene language creating a standard meant to unify the people of Slovene Lands in a single intelligible tongue. He was also active in geological sciences, where he collaborated with Sigmund Zois in the research of the origin of the Julian Alps. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valentin Vodnik is the 3,478th most popular writer (up from 3,632nd in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Slovenia and the 9th most popular Slovene Writer.

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Among writers, Valentin Vodnik ranks 3,478 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Claude Izzo, Giuseppe Parini, Nima Yooshij, Manès Sperber, Oles Honchar, and Jean-Louis de Rambures. After him are Zulfiya, Daniël Heinsius, Kurd Lasswitz, Isaac de Benserade, Erri De Luca, and Gunnar Heiberg.

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Among people born in 1758, Valentin Vodnik ranks 29. Before him are Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Agustín de Betancourt, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, and Jean Joseph Mounier. After him are Peter Andreas Heiberg, Sin Yun-bok, George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, John Hoppner, Thomas Picton, and Fisher Ames. Among people deceased in 1819, Valentin Vodnik ranks 23. Before him are Erik Acharius, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Bodawpaya, Johan David Åkerblad, and Alexander Tormasov. After him are Johann Peter Beaulieu, John Playfair, Josepha Weber, Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau, Hannah Van Buren, and Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Valentin Vodnik ranks 68 out of 340. Before him are Anton Haus (1851), Miro Cerar (1963), Ivan Grohar (1867), Ivo Daneu (1937), Zlatko Zahovič (1971), and Lojze Peterle (1948). After him are Sergej Kraigher (1914), Jan Oblak (1993), Oton Župančič (1878), Srečko Kosovel (1904), Adam Bohorič (1520), and Jurij Dalmatin (1547).

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Among WRITERS In Slovenia

Among writers born in Slovenia, Valentin Vodnik ranks 9. Before him are Jernej Kopitar (1780), Alma Karlin (1889), Sigismund von Herberstein (1486), Stanko Vraz (1810), Edvard Kocbek (1904), and Drago Jančar (1948). After him are Oton Župančič (1878), Srečko Kosovel (1904), Adam Bohorič (1520), Louis Adamic (1898), Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806), and Fran Levstik (1831).

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