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France Prešeren was a Slovene poet whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Slovene literature. His poems have been translated into many languages.
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Born 3 December 1800 · Died 8 February 1849 · Q1031
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His effigy was portrayed on the Slovene 1000 tolar banknote, and since 2007, his image is on the Slovene two-euro coin
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His Zdravljica was declared the national anthem of Slovenia, replacing the old Naprej, zastava slave
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The anniversary of his death, called Prešeren Day, was declared as the Slovene cultural holiday
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His monument was placed at the central square in Ljubljana, now called Prešeren Square
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Died 1849-02-08.
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Without Prešeren's assistance
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A volume of his collected poems was published under the simple title Poezije dr
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Prešeren was finally allowed to open his own law firm and moved to Kranj with his family
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Wrote the patriotic poem "Zdravljica" (A Toast), the most important achievement of his late period
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An important breakthrough for Prešeren happened: Janez Bleiweis started publishing a new daily journal in Slovene and invited Prešeren to participate in its cultural section
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Literally in Prešeren's arms, while celebrating his 40th birthday
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Korytko died, leaving Prešeren without an important interlocutor after Čop's death
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Prešeren met Emil Korytko, a Polish political activist from Galicia, confined by the Austrian authorities to Ljubljana
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Began working as an assistant to his friend Blaž Crobath, who gave Prešeren enough free time to engage in his literary activities
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Career landmark: encounter.
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Became a member of the Ljubljana high society's social club, called the Casino Society (Slovene: Kazinsko društvo, German: Casino-Gesellschaft), and met Julija in 1834 and 1835 at the theatre and at the dances at the
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But were published in the 4th volume of Krajnska čbelica only in July 1834, with some changes
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Briefly moved to Klagenfurt in the hope of furthering his career, but returned to Ljubljana after less than a year
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In the literary almanac Krajnska čbelica (The Carniolan Bee), established the same year by the librarian Miha Kastelic in Ljubljana
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His friend from high school, Matija Čop, returned to Ljubljana and re-established contacts with Prešeren
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Returned to Ljubljana, where he was employed as an assistant in the firm of the lawyer Leopold Baumgartner
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Prešeren wrote his first important poem, "A Farewell to Youth
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Completed a collection of "Carniolan poems," which he showed to the philologist Jernej Kopitar
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Wrote some of his most popular poems, still under the influence of Valentin Vodnik and the rich tradition of Slovene folk poetry
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Prešeren enrolled at the University of Vienna, where he studied law
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Moved to the Carniolan provincial capital of Ljubljana, where he attended the State Gymnasium
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Born 1800-12-03.
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