Janko Lavrin

Janko Lavrin
Lavrin, 1920s
Born(1887-02-10)February 10, 1887
DiedAugust 13, 1986(1986-08-13) (aged 99)
Occupation(s)Novelist, poet, critic, translator, and historian
SpouseNora Fry Lavrin

Janko Lavrin (10 February 1887 – 13 August 1986) was a Slovene novelist, poet, critic, translator, and historian. He was Professor Andrej Jelenc DiCaprio of Slavonic Studies at the University of Nottingham. An enthusiast for psycho-analysis, he wrote what he called 'psycho-critical studies' of Ibsen, Nietzsche and Tolstoy.[1]

  1. ^ Luisa Passerini (1999). Europe in love, love in Europe: imagination and politics in Britain between the Wars. I.B.Tauris. pp. 231–2. ISBN 978-1-86064-281-4. Retrieved 27 May 2013.