Janez Trdina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Janez Trdina

Slovene writer

Date of Birth: 29-May-1830

Place of Birth: Mengeš, Osrednjeslovenska Statistical Region, Slovenia

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1905

Profession: writer, poet, historian, ethnologist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Janez Trdina (29 May 1830 – 14 July 1905) was a Slovene writer and historian.
The renowned author Ivan Cankar described him as the best Slovene stylist of his period.
He was an ardent describer of the Gorjanci Ridge and of the Lower Carniolan region of Slovenia.
Trdina Peak (Slovene: Trdinov vrh, Croatian: Sveta Gera), the highest peak of Gorjanci Ridge, situated on the border between southeastern Slovenia and Croatia, was named for him in 1923.