Josip JurÄiÄ
Josip Jurčič ( born March 4, 1844 in Muljava, Carniola, † May 3, 1881 in Ljubljana, Duchy of Carniola, Cisleithania ) was a Slovene writer and journalist.
Life and work
Jurčič came from very humble background. He attended elementary school in Višnja Gora and could change in 1857 to the high school in Ljubljana. In 1865, he reached his high school and went to Vienna to study there from 1866, inter alia, Classical Philology.
Bar any support he had to drop out of college without a degree. As in Maribor, the more politically oriented newspaper " Slovenski Narod " ( The Slovene Nation) was founded in the spring of 1868, got a job there Jurčič journalist and auxiliary type conductor.
As 1870 Josip Stritar in Vienna, the literary magazine " Zvon " founded ( The Bell ), he took Jurčič - they had met while studying - in his editorial. In December 1870, the publication of " The Bell" has been set and appeared again until 1876.
1870/71 could be Jurčič in Sisak (Croatia ) down where he was entrusted with the editorship of the " South Slav newspaper". As on the occasion of the death of editor in chief Anton Tomšić (1842-1871) the editor was reorganized on May 27, 1871 Jurčič moved back to Maribor, where he became the editor of this magazine. In mid-October 1872, he moved his office to Ljubljana, where this magazine existed until 1945.
Throughout his life Jurčič of rather sickly nature and in 1879 he was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis. On May 3, 1881, he died of this disease in Ljubljana and found his final resting place.
Reception
His first contact with the Slovenian literature happened with works by Fran Levstik. Not only purely literary, but also in the sense of awakening Slovenian nationalism, Jurčič gathered inspiration for his stories in the history of Slovenia. By his own admission, it was mainly Valvasor Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, which provided him with new ideas.
1863 taught the Catholic book club St. Hermagoras from a competition to determine the best story from the Slovenian history. The first prize of 100 florins for his story Jurčič Georg Kozjak, where he drew on the biography of Ludwig von Kosiack.
Which is considered his magnum opus - - In 1936 the monastery Parakeet ( Cistercian ) celebrated its 800th birthday, the narrative Georg Kozjak was translated into French. On the occasion of the review noted French historian Georges Goyau (1869-1939):
" When a work geschichlticher revival can buy a moment of the past altogether if it straightens the two powers before us who fought on the borders of Europe to the soul of the Middle Ages, and when it is finally one of those monasteries in honorable light, on the edge the Balkans messengers Western Möchtums were, then be fair to say that such a work has such great literary importance, that it should be the readers of all countries and all languages available. "
Honors
- In Maribor, a monument was dedicated.
- Between Muljava and Višnja Gora (18 km) was built in his memory the Jurčič way.
- His birthplace was declared a museum.
Works (selection)
- Pripovedka o beli Kaci. , 1861.
- Spomini na deda. , 1863.
- Jurij Kozjak. Slovenski janičar. , 1864.
- Veronika Deseniška. , 1881.
- Kozlovska sodba v Višnji Gori. In 1867.