Janko Kersnik
Writer and politician
Janko Kersnik was a writer and politician from Austria-Hungary who was an ethnic Slovene. Together with Josip Jurčič, he is considered the most important representative of literary realism in the Slovene language. Wikipedia
Born: September 4, 1852, Brdo pri Lukovici, Slovenia
Died: July 28, 1897 (age 44 years), Ljubljana, Slovenia
Children: Janko Kersnik
Spouse: Alojzija Tavčar (m. 1881–1897)
Education: University of Vienna (1874) and University of Graz
Parents: Jože Kersnik and Berta Höffern
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