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16:Slovene poet
1446:1926 deaths
1441:1904 births
982:Settlements
572:Aleš Berger
564:Ikarjev sen
477:proletariat
406:Konstruktor
348:avant-garde
344:Ivan Cankar
340:folk poetry
271:boundaries.
253:battlefield
157:avant-garde
1435:Categories
1415:Jože Pahor
1289:Veliki Dol
1234:Senadolice
1174:Pliskovica
1129:Krtinovica
1114:Kregolišče
1109:Krajna Vas
916:2023-04-17
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682:References
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547:Breda Šček
534:, Italian
509:Surrealism
471:Late works
465:Yugoslavia
433:Josip Murn
431:poetry of
425:Zlati čoln
352:Ivo Grahor
310:meningitis
193:after the
91:Occupation
44:1904-03-18
1357:Landmarks
1169:Plešivica
1104:Kosovelje
1029:Dobravlje
487:Reception
335:Lepa Vida
275:With the
257:Ljubljana
1309:Vrhovlje
1204:Pristava
1179:Podbreže
1159:Nova Vas
1044:Dutovlje
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1144:Mahniči
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1099:Kopriva
1089:Jakovce
1069:Gradnje
1039:Dolenje
997:Current
844:, p.8,
702:Poetica
525:tragedy
505:Dadaism
481:Strelci
456:Mladina
400:artist
306:Zagorje
241:Rimbaud
151:of the
1323:Former
1304:Vrabče
1299:Voglje
1264:Štorje
1259:Stomaž
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