Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to the art of story telling -- in prose and poetry, in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of May 10th
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It is the 130th day of the year, leaving 235 days remaining in 2022.
Cankar is widely considered one of the greatest story tellers in the Slovene language, and at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. He is seen to be on par with Franz Kafka, Henrik Isben in Norway, and James Joyce in Ireland.
His writings evoke themes of realism, as he would defend the oppressed and mock the oppressors. His novels and plays used elements of folklore, satire, and a commitment to social justice to make their points.
He is called the father of modern Slovene literature and theater. No Slovene writer has been translated more often than Cankar, perhaps because, at his best, his wrote about universal themes -- alienation, economic and social justice, war, and peace.
His first writings were published while he was still in his teens. His first novel, Erotika, caused such an uproar that a bishop bought all the remaining copies and had them burned. As Cankar grew, he became a defender of Slovene nationalism and culture.
Among his plays was Za Narodov Blagor (variously translated in English as For the Wealth of the Nation, or For the Good of the People). His novels included Hiša Marije Pomočnice, (translated as The Ward of Our Mary of Mercy), dealing with the death of children, and Hlapec Jernej In Njegova Pravice (The Bailiff Yerney and His Rights) about social justice among peasants.
Cankar died in 1918 in Ljubijana, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, also called the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
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