Josip Jurčič (4 March 1844 – 3 May 1881) was a
Slovene writer and journalist. He was born in
Muljava,
Austrian Empire
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(now part of the municipality of
Ivančna Gorica,
Slovenia
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)
[Levec, Fran. 1881. Josip Jurčič. ''Ljubljanski zvon'' 1(6) (June 1): 1. ] and baptized ''Josephus Jurshizh''.
He died from
tuberculosis
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in Ljubljana.
Jurčič followed the
literary program proposed by
Fran Levstik and was one of the most influential Slovene
romantic realists.
The -long
Jurčič Trail () from
Višnja Gora (where he attended primary school; he also attended school in
Videm) through Muljava to the source of the
Krka River and
Krka Cave is named after him. The house where he was born is now an
open-air museum
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.
Selected works
* ''Pripovedka o beli kači'' (1861) (''The Tale of the White Snake'')
* ''Spomini na deda'' (1863) (''Memories of Grandfather'')
* ''Jurij Kozjak, slovenski janičar'' (1864) (''Jurij Kozjak, a Slovene
Janissary)
* ''Deseti brat'' (1866) (''The Tenth Brother''); now recognized as the first Slovene novel
* ''Veronika Deseniška'' (1881); a play
* ''Kozlovska sodba v Višnji Gori'' (1867) (''The Famous Goat Trial''); a humorous short story
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1844 births
1881 deaths
People from the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica
19th-century Carniolan writers
Carniolan journalists
Young Slovenes politicians
19th-century journalists
Male journalists
19th-century male writers
19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Writers of the Romantic era
Writers from Austria-Hungary
Tuberculosis deaths in Austria-Hungary
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