| Janez Trdina | |
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| Born | May 29, 1830 Mengeš, Austrian Empire (now Slovenia) |
| Died | July 14, 1905 Novo Mesto, Austria-Hungary (now Slovenia) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Slovene |
Janez Trdina (29 May 1830 - 17 June 1905) was a Slovene writer and historian. The renowned author Ivan Cankar described him as the best Slovene stylist of his period.[1] He was an ardent describer of the Gorjanci Hills and of the Lower Carniolan region in general. Trdinov vrh (Croatian: Sveta Gera), the highest peak in the Gorjanci range on the border between Slovenia and Croatia, has been named after him since 1923.
Biography [link]
Trdina was born in Mengeš in Upper Carniola, then part of the Austrian Empire. He attended school in Ljubljana and studied history, geography and Slavic philology in Vienna. He worked as a teacher in Croatia, namely in Varaždin and in Rijeka. In 1867, he was retired on charges of misleading students with his radical liberal political views. He moved to Bršljin near Novo Mesto and later to the town itself.[2]
Work [link]
Trdina travelled widely across Lower Carniola and White Carniola, compiling notes on the life and customs of local people. His notebooks were filled with folk sayings, folk tales, anecdotes, and customs. Trdina edited them in an emphasized realistic, even naturalistic manner, rejecting the Romantic vision of an idyllic countryside. In 1882, he published these notes in a volume titled Tales and Stories of the Gorjanci Hills (Bajke in povesti o Gorjancih).[3]
References [link]
- ^ "Janez Trdina". City Municipality of Novo Mesto. https://www.novomesto.si/si/novomesto/obcina/osebnosti/trdina/. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ Helga Glušič, Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, 1996) ISBN 961-6186-21-3
- ^ Slovene Post Office site on the occasion of issuing a stamp of Trdina in 2005
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