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| - | # A [[country]] in [[Central Europe]]. Official name: ''Republic of Slovenia'', "Republika Slovenija" | + | '''Slovenia''' is a [[country]] in [[Central Europe]]. Official name: ''Republic of Slovenia'', "Republika Slovenija" |
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| - | Slovenia's first book was printed by the Protestant reformer [[Primož Trubar]] (1508-1586). It was actually two books, {{lang-la|Catechismus}} (a [[catechism]]) and [[Abecedarium (Trubar)|Abecedarium]], which was published in 1550 in [[Tübingen]], [[Germany]]. | + | |
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| - | The central part of the country, namely [[Carniola]] (which existed as a part of [[Austria-Hungary]] until the early 20th century) was ethnographically and historically well-described in the book ''[[The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola]]'' (''{{lang-de|Die Ehre deß Herzogthums Crain}}'', ''{{lang-sl|Slava vojvodine Kranjske}}''), published in 1689 by Baron [[Janez Vajkard Valvasor]] (1641-1693). | + | |
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| - | [[Image:France Preseren.jpg|150px|thumb|left|[[France Prešeren]], a portrait by [[Božidar Jakac]], 1940]]<!-- The picture was painted post-mortem.--> | + | |
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| - | Some of Slovenia's greatest literates were the poets [[France Prešeren]] (1800-1849), [[Srečko Kosovel]], [[Edvard Kocbek]] and [[Dane Zajc]], as well as the writers [[Ivan Cankar]] (1876-1918) and [[Vladimir Bartol]]. [[Alojz Rebula]], [[Drago Jančar]], [[Boris Pahor]], [[Tomaž Šalamun]] and [[Aleš Debeljak]] are the leading names of contemporary Slovene literature, while [[Aleš Šteger]] is one of the most noticeable name among newcomers. The most important Slovene painters include [[Anton Ažbe]], [[Ivana Kobilca]], [[Rihard Jakopič]], [[Božidar Jakac]], [[Avgust Černigoj]] and [[Zoran Mušič]]. The most famed Slovene architects are [[Jože Plečnik]] and [[Max Fabiani]]. | + | |
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| - | Slovenia is a homeland of numerous musicians and composers, including [[Renaissance]] composer [[Jacobus Gallus]] (1550-1591), who greatly influenced Central European classical music, and the violin virtuoso [[Giuseppe Tartini]]. In the twentieth century, [[Bojan Adamič]] was a renowned film music composer and [[Ivo Petrić]] (born [[June 16]] [[1931]]), is a composer of European classical music. | + | |
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| - | Contemporary popular musicians have been [[Slavko Avsenik]], [[Laibach (band)|Laibach]], [[Vlado Kreslin]], [[Pero Lovšin]], [[Pankrti]], [[Zoran Predin]], [[Lačni Franz]], [[New Swing Quartet]], [[DJ Umek]], [[Valentino Kanzyani]], [[Siddharta (band)|Siddharta]], [[Big Foot Mama]],[[Terrafolk]], [[Katalena]], [[Magnifico]] and others. | + | |
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| - | Slovene cinema has more than a century-long tradition with [[Karol Grossmann]], [[Janko Ravnik]], [[Ferdo Delak]], [[France Štiglic]], [[Mirko Grobler]], [[Igor Pretnar]], [[France Kosmač]], [[Jože Pogačnik]], [[Matjaž Klopčič]], [[Jane Kavčič]], [[Jože Gale]], [[Boštjan Hladnik]] and [[Karpo Godina]] as its most established filmmakers. Contemporary film directors [[Janez Burger]], [[Jan Cvitkovič]], [[Damjan Kozole]], [[Janez Lapajne]] and [[Maja Weiss]] are most notable representatives of the so-called "[[Renaissance of Slovenian cinema]]". | + | |
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| - | Famous Slovene scholars include the chemist and [[Nobel prize]] laureate [[Friderik Pregl]], physicist [[Joseph Stefan|Jožef Stefan]], philosophers [[Slavoj Žižek]] and [[Milan Komar]], linguist [[Franc Miklošič]], physician [[Anton Marko Plenčič]], mathematician [[Jurij Vega]], sociologist [[Thomas Luckmann]], theologian [[Anton Strle]] and rocket engineer [[Herman Potočnik]]. | + | |
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Culture of Slovenia]] | ||
| + | **[[Giuseppe Tartini]] | ||
| + | **[[Laibach (band)|Laibach]] | ||
| + | **[[Slavoj Žižek]] | ||
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Slovenia is a country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Slovenia, "Republika Slovenija"
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