Prežihov Voranc, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Prežihov Voranc

Slovenian writer

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1893

Place of Birth: Ravne na Koroškem, Ravne na Koroškem Municipality, Slovenia

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1950

Profession: writer, politician

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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).