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Josip Jurcic (March 4, 1844 - May 3, 1881) was a Slovene writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
 and journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
, born in Muljava
Muljava

Muljava is a village in the Ivancna Gorica municipality in the Lower Carniola region of Slovenia.The local church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary....
 (near Ivancna Gorica
Ivancna Gorica

Ivancna Gorica is a town and a municipality in Slovenia....
, Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
) and died in Ljubljana
Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital city of Slovenia and its largest town. It is located in the center of the country and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants....
, Slovenia
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.

He is one of most important Slovene writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
s in realistic literary
Literary realism

Literary realism most often refers to the trend, beginning with certain works of French literature of the 19th century and extending to late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors in various countries, towards depictions of contemporary life and society 'as they were'....
. His writing has affected various writers and folk literature. He also followed Levstik's
Fran Levstik

Fran Levstik was a Slovenian language writer, political activist, playwright and critic. He was born in Spodnje Retje near Velike La?ce in Lower Carniola in a peasant Slovenians family....
 literary program.

13 km long Jurcic path, that goes from Višnja Gora
Višnja Gora

Vi?nja Gora is a small town located in the Municipality of Ivancna Gorica in central Slovenia.Links *...
, place where he visited school, to Muljava, is named after him. The house where he was born is now an open air museum
Open air museum

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Josip Jurcic (March 4, 1844 - May 3, 1881) was a Slovene writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
 and journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
, born in Muljava
Muljava

Muljava is a village in the Ivancna Gorica municipality in the Lower Carniola region of Slovenia.The local church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary....
 (near Ivancna Gorica
Ivancna Gorica

Ivancna Gorica is a town and a municipality in Slovenia....
, Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
) and died in Ljubljana
Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital city of Slovenia and its largest town. It is located in the center of the country and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants....
, Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
.

He is one of most important Slovene writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
s in realistic literary
Literary realism

Literary realism most often refers to the trend, beginning with certain works of French literature of the 19th century and extending to late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors in various countries, towards depictions of contemporary life and society 'as they were'....
. His writing has affected various writers and folk literature. He also followed Levstik's
Fran Levstik

Fran Levstik was a Slovenian language writer, political activist, playwright and critic. He was born in Spodnje Retje near Velike La?ce in Lower Carniola in a peasant Slovenians family....
 literary program.

13 km long Jurcic path, that goes from Višnja Gora
Višnja Gora

Vi?nja Gora is a small town located in the Municipality of Ivancna Gorica in central Slovenia.Links *...
, place where he visited school, to Muljava, is named after him. The house where he was born is now an open air museum
Open air museum

An open air museum is a distinct type of museum exhibiting its collections out-of-doors. The first open air museums were established in Scandinavia towards the end of the nineteenth century, and the concept soon spread throughout Europe and North America....
.

Selected works

  • Pripovedke o beli kaci (1861) (Tales about the white snake)
  • Spomini na deda (1863) (Memories of grandfather)
  • Jurij Kozjak, slovenski janicar (1864) (Jurij Kozjak, Slovene janissary
    Janissary

    The Janissaries comprised infantry units that formed the Ottoman Empire sultan's household troops and bodyguards. The force was created by the Sultan Murad I from Christian slaves in the 14th century and was abolished by Sultan Mahmud II in 1826 with the Auspicious Incident....
    )
  • Deseti brat (1866) (Tenth brother); recognized as the first Slovene novel
    Novel

    File:2009 stapelweise Neuerscheinungen im Buchladen.JPGA novel is today a long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern Romance and in the tradition of the novella....
  • Veronika Deseniška (1881); drama
    Drama

    Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....


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  • (in Slovene, auto translated to English with Google translate)