Josip Murn

Josip Murn
Born(1879-03-04)4 March 1879
Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary
Died18 June 1901(1901-06-18) (aged 22)
Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary
OccupationPoet
Literary movementFin de siecle, Symbolism

Josip Murn, also known under the pseudonym Aleksandrov (4 March 1879 – 18 June 1901) was a Slovene symbolist poet. Together with Ivan Cankar, Oton Župančič, and Dragotin Kette, he was regarded as one of the beginners of modernism in Slovene literature.[1] After France Prešeren and Edvard Kocbek, Murn was probably the most influential Slovene poet of the last two centuries.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Josip Murn Aleksandrov Archived 2008-01-18 at the Wayback Machine at www.murn-aleksandrov.net