Jakob Alešovec
Illustration — Jakob Alešovec Jakob Alešovec (pron; 24 July 1842, Skaručna – 17 October 1901, Ljubljana) was an ethnic Slovene-Austrian writer and playwright. Until 1866, Alešovec wrote in German, but later switched to Slovenian. He wrote travelogues, tales, folk plays, and satires, as well as the first Slovenian detective story.
Jakob Alešovec
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- Born
- 1842 · Skaručna.
- Died
- 1901 · Ljubljana.
- Nationality
- Cisleithania · Austrian Empire
- Occupation
- writer · playwright · journalist · poet
- Fields
- literature · drama · journalism
- Languages
- German · Slovene
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In 1868, he published the German-language novella Laibacher Mysterien (The Mysteries of Ljubljana) inspired by Eugène Sue's Les Mystères de Paris (The Mysteries of Paris).
• Laibacher Mysterien (1868) – The Mysteries of Ljubljana • Iz sodnijskega življenja (1875) – From the Judges Life • Kako sem se jaz likal (1884) – How I Was Ironing Myself
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Jakob Alešovec (1842 – 1901) was a writer and satirist. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Place of activity recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: Laibach.
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1842
Jakob Alešovec was born on 24 July 1842.
1901
Jakob Alešovec died on 17 October 1901.
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- Veliki slovenski leksikon, Mladinska knjiga (2003)
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