Janko Kersnik

Janko Kersnik
Janko Kersnik
Janko Kersnik
Born(1852-09-04)4 September 1852
Brdo, Slovenia
Died28 July 1897(1897-07-28) (aged 44)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
OccupationPolitician

Janko Kersnik (4 September 1852 – 28 July 1897) was a writer and politician from Austria-Hungary who was an ethnic Slovene. Together with Josip Jurčič, he is considered the most important representative of literary realism in the Slovene language.