France Prešeren
France Prešeren[lower-roman 2] (pronounced [fɾanˈtsɛ pɾɛˈʃeːɾən] (
listen)) (2 or 3 December 1800[lower-roman 3] – 8 February 1849) was a 19th-century Romantic[4] Slovene poet. His poems have been translated into many languages.[5][6] He is thought to be the best Slovene classical poet. He inspired later Slovene literature.[7] He wrote the first Slovene ballad and the first Slovene epic. After he died, he became the most popular Slovene literary canon.[8]
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| Born | 3 December 1800 Vrba, Carniola, Habsburg monarchy (now Slovenia) |
| Died | 8 February 1849 (aged 48) Kranj, Austrian Empire (now Slovenia) |
| Occupation | Poet, lawyer |
| Language | Mostly in Slovene, some in German. |
| Nationality | Carniolan, Slovene |
| Literary movement | Romanticism |
| Notable works | The Baptism on the Savica O Vrba Sonnets of Misfortune A Wreath of Sonnets Zdravljica |
He created motifs of his unhappy love with his homeland. His homeland was often invaded at this time. One of his famous motifs was the "hostile fortune". After World War II in the Slovene Lands,[8] the Slovenes made this a national myth.
Prešeren was conflicted with many of the churches and politicians in Ljubljana. He had alcoholism. He tried to kill himself two times. He also saw many of his closest friends die horribly. His lyric poetry talked about his love of his homeland and suffering. He also talked about his unfulfilled love of his muse, Julija Primic.[9]
He mostly wrote poetry in Slovene and in German.[10] He lived in Carniola. At first, he thought himself as a Carniolan. Over time, however, he created his own Slovene identity.[11]
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Prešeren's muse, Julija Primic, in a portrait by Matevž Langus
O Vrba, the first of the Sonnets of Misfortune, published in 1834 in the 4th volume of Krajnska čbelica
The original manuscript for Zdravljica, written in the old Slovene alphabet
A memorial with “Žive naj vsi narodi” the first line of the Slovene national anthem by France Prešeren near the Schuman roundabout, Brussels.
Notes
- ↑ The only portrait from memory of his face.[1] After 1900, this portrait became the shape for later images of him. The accuracy of the original portrait is doubted, however.[1][2]
- ↑ He was also called Ribčev France' Dzlavi in his home village
- ↑ His birth date is mostly thought to be 3 December. In 2002, however, a family tree of his family was published by theSlovene Genealogical Society. This family tree put the date of his birth on 2 December. It put 3 December as the date of his baptism.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Zbirka portretov Franceta Prešerna". Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem – DEDI [Encyclopedia of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Slovenia].
- ↑ Globočnik, Damir. "Prešeren in likovna umetnost" [Prešeren and the Visual Arts] (in slovenščina). Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Kunčič, Mirko (30 December 2002). Genealogy Society.
- ↑ Juvan, Marko (5 May 2011) (in sl). Čop in Prešeren ali transfer svetovne književnosti na Kranjsko. Ljubljana. COBISS 32619309. http://isllv.zrc-sazu.si/sites/default/files/Juvan_Cop_ref1.pdf.
- ↑ Šinkovec, Ana: A Man Who Turned Literacy into Art Archived 25 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Slovenia Times, 6 February 2009
- ↑ Database of translations – Prešeren Archived 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Slovene Book Agency, 2013
- ↑ Svetina, Peter (8 February 2008). France Prešeren, največji slovenski pesnik. http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/fakulteta/aktualno/kronika/kliping/feb%202008/3314914.pdf.[dead link]
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Božič, Zoran (2011).Dejavniki literarne kanonizacije v srednješolskih berilih – na primeru Prešerna (Factors of literary canonisation in high school reading materials – the case of Prešeren), Jezik in slovstvo, vol.56, 5–6, pp. 3–26 COBISS 50591842
- ↑ Merhar, Ivan (1901). France Prešeren. 5. Konzorcij Edinosti. p. 9. COBISS 34874369. http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-U1U8IE6H/.
- ↑ Rozka, Štefan (1974) (in sl). Angleški slavist o Prešernovih nemških pesmih. 19. Slavistično društvo Slovenije [Slavic Society of Slovenia]. pp. 324–325. COBISS 16317485. http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-G01ZF8W4/?&language=eng.
- ↑ Perušek, Rajko (1901). Prešeren in Slovanstvo: Z dostavkom uredništva = A. Aškerc. 21. Tiskovna zadruga. p. 64. . COBISS 30001665. http://www.dlib.si/preview/URN:NBN:SI:doc-HEZRKVNX/b807c612-d46c-4bfb-814f-c18df5604ff6. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
Further reading
- Henry Ronald Cooper, Francè Prešeren (Boston, MA: Twayne, 1981).
- Janko Lavrin, Francè Prešeren: 1800–1849 (Bristol: Western Printing Services Ltd., 1955).
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