- France Balantič
Infobox Writer
name = France Balantič
caption =
birthdate = birth date|1921|11|29|mf=y
birthplace =Kamnik ,Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now inSlovenia )
deathdate = death date and age|1943|24|11|1921|29|11|mf=y
deathplace = Grahovo nearCerknica ,Province of Ljubljana
occupation = Poet
genre =
movement =Symbolism ,Expressionism
notableworks =
influences =France Prešeren ,Josip Murn ,Alojz Gradnik ,Srečko Kosovel
influenced =Dane Zajc ,Taras Kermauner ,Gregor Strniša ,Jože Snoj ,France Pibernik
website =
footnotes =France Balantič, (
29 November 1921 -24 November 1943 ), was a Slovenepoet . His works were banished from schools and libraries during theTitoist regime in Slovenia, but since the late 1980s, he has been re-considered as one of the foremost Slovene poets of the 20th century.Life
Balantič was born in
Kamnik , in theSlovenia n region ofUpper Carniola in what was then theKingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes . BeforeWorld War Two he studied Slavic literature at theUniversity of Ljubljana . In 1942 he was interned inGonars concentration camp by the Fascist authorities of the Italian-occupiedProvince of Ljubljana . After his release he joined the voluntaryanti-communist militia sponsored by the Italians and later theSlovenian Home Guard which collaborated with theNazi German occupying forces. He was stationed as an officer at the Home Guard supply post in the village of Grahovo nearCerknica in 1943 when the post was attacked, sieged and burnt down by the Partisan resistance.Work
Balantič was an intimist and lyricist poet who wrote mystic and passionate poems. He was influenced by the work of
Josip Murn ,Srečko Kosovel andAlojz Gradnik . He was a master of classical poetic forms, especiallysonnet s.Legacy
After
World War Two all his poetry was removed from public libraries in theSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , and his name was omitted in public education. When theliterary historian Anton Slodnjak mentioned Balantič in his "Review of Slovene Literature" in the 1950s, he was fired from his post at the University of Ljubljana because of it. In 1966 a selection of Balantič's poems were printed under the title "Muževna steblika", but after intervention by the Communist Party it was decided that the book should be withdrawn and the entire run was sent to be destroyed and recycled. His poems were published among the Slovenediaspora , especially inArgentina , where the literary historiansTine Debeljak andFrance Papež edited ans published most of his works. In the late 1980s, Balantič was rediscovered inSlovenia , too, and he is now considered to be one of the foremost Slovene language poets of the 20th century, along withEdvard Kocbek andSrečko Kosovel .Poetry collections
*"V ognju groze plapolam" ("I Flutter in the Fire of Horror". Ljubljana, 1944)
*"Muževna steblika" ("The Sappy Stem". Published posthumous inBuenos Aires , 1966) COBISS|ID=14412545
*"Zbrano delo", ("Collected Work". Buenos Aires, 1976) COBISS|ID=522295
*"Zbrane pesmi", ("Collected Poems". Ljubljana, 1991) COBISS|ID=23614976
*"Tihi glas piščali", ("The Silent Voice of the Flute". Ljubljana, 1991) COBISS|ID=28163840See also
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Slovenian literature
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