Oton Župančič, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oton Župančič

Slovenian poet, writer

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1878

Place of Birth: Vinica, Slovenia

Date of Death: 11-Jun-1949

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, translator, literary critic, children's writer, essayist, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Oton Župancic (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.
In the period following World War I, Župancic was frequently regarded as the greatest Slovenian poet after Prešeren, but in the last forty years his influence has been declining and his poetry has lost much of its initial appeal.