Prežihov Voranc
Prežihov Voranc | |
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| Born | Lovro Kuhar 10 August 1893 Podgora, Duchy of Carinthia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 18 February 1950 (aged 56) Maribor, Yugoslavia, |
| Pen name | Prežihov Voranc |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | Slovenian |
| Citizenship | various |
| Subject | Social realism |
| Notable works | Samorastniki (1940), Doberdob (1939), Jamnica (1940) |
Prežihov Voranc (10 August 1893 – 18 February 1950) was the pen name of Lovro Kuhar, a Slovene writer and communist political activist. Voranc's literary reputation was established during the 1930s with a series of Slovene novels and short stories in the social realist style, notable for their depictions of poverty in rural and industrial areas of Slovenia. His most important novels are Požganica (1939) and Doberdob (1940).