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27:Slovene poet
1457:1926 deaths
1452:1904 births
993:Settlements
583:Aleš Berger
575:Ikarjev sen
488:proletariat
417:Konstruktor
359:avant-garde
355:Ivan Cankar
351:folk poetry
282:boundaries.
264:battlefield
168:avant-garde
1446:Categories
1426:Jože Pahor
1300:Veliki Dol
1245:Senadolice
1185:Pliskovica
1140:Krtinovica
1125:Kregolišče
1120:Krajna Vas
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693:References
687:8637701248
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558:Breda Šček
545:, Italian
520:Surrealism
482:Late works
476:Yugoslavia
444:Josip Murn
442:poetry of
436:Zlati čoln
363:Ivo Grahor
321:meningitis
204:after the
102:Occupation
55:1904-03-18
1368:Landmarks
1180:Plešivica
1115:Kosovelje
1040:Dobravlje
498:Reception
346:Lepa Vida
286:With the
268:Ljubljana
1320:Vrhovlje
1215:Pristava
1190:Podbreže
1170:Nova Vas
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1100:Jakovce
1080:Gradnje
1050:Dolenje
1008:Current
855:, p.8,
713:Poetica
536:tragedy
516:Dadaism
492:Strelci
467:Mladina
411:artist
317:Zagorje
252:Rimbaud
162:of the
18:Kosovel
1334:Former
1315:Vrabče
1310:Voglje
1275:Štorje
1270:Stomaž
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