Marija Kessler (April 24, 1860 – May 1, 1939), was a
Slovene socialite
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. Her
salon
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Common meanings
* Beauty salon, a venue for cosmetic treatments
* French term for a drawing room, an architectural space in a home
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Arts and entertainment
* Salon (P ...
was the cultural center of artist life in
Ljubljana
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During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...
in the late 19th century, and was regarded as the most notable example of a salon in
Slovenia
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.
She was the mother of the poet
Vera Albreht, and the mother-in-law of the poets
Fran Albreht
Fran Albreht (17 November 1889 – 11 February 1963) was a Slovenian poet, editor, politician and partisan. He also published under the pseudonym Rusmir.
He was born as Franc Albrecht in the Upper Carniolan town of Kamnik in what was then the Aus ...
and
Oton Župančič
Oton Župančič (January 23, 1878 – June 11, 1949, pseudonym ''Gojko'') was a Slovene poet, translator, and playwright. He is regarded, alongside Ivan Cankar, Dragotin Kette and Josip Murn, as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature. ...
.
Sources
*Vladimir Klemenčič (ed.): Obdobje socialnega realizma v slovenskem jeziku, književnosti in kulturi. Ljubljana 1987, , p. 128.
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1860 births
1939 deaths
19th-century Carniolan people
Slovenian salon-holders
People from Ljubljana