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Oton Župančič

Oton Župančič was a linguist, poet, writer, playwright, translator and literary critic (1878–1949). He was born in Vinica and died in Ljubljana.

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Oton Župančič (1878-1949), Slovene poet

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Identity and origins

He also worked under the names Aleksij Nikolajev, Pavel Strnad and Beli Kranjec. His recorded languages were Spanish, German and Slovene.

He married Ani Župančič. 3 children are recorded: Marko Župančič, Andrej Otona Župančič and Jasna Župančič Kmet.

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Life and career

The full dated record · 2 entries

  1. 1878

    Oton Župančič was born on 23 January 1878.

  2. 1949

    Oton Župančič died on 11 June 1949.

Catalogued output

Catalogued works

  • Veronika Deseniška

  • Dela

  • Cvetličice

  • Izbrane pesmi Otona Župančiča

  • Veš, poet svoj dolg?

  • Dela Otona Župančiča

  • Sto pesmi

  • Mlado brezje v mesečini

  • Zimzelen pod snegom

  • Pesmi za Berto

  • Zbrano delo

  • Ciciban, i druge pjesme za djecu. Čez plan

Literature

Literature

Oton Župančič is recorded as Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and Cisleithania.

  • Oton Župančič and Slovene Modernism, Slovene Studies Journal, 1992. Župančič, Oton: Veronika Deseniška, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

  • Oton Župančič in začetki južnoslovanske tvorbe, Studia Historica Slovenica, 2020

  • Identity

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