Edvard Kocbek

Edvard Kocbek (27 September 1904 – 3 November 1981) was a Slovenian poet, writer, essayist, translator, member of Christian Socialists in the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation and Slovene Partisans. He is considered as one of the best authors who have written in Slovene, and one of the best Slovene poets after France Prešeren. His political role during and after World War II made him one of the most controversial figures in Slovenia in the 20th century.