Oton Župančič

Oton Župančič was born on 23 January 1878 in Vinica, the son of a merchant. He studied history and geography in Vienna without completing his degree, lived in poverty in Paris in 1904 and 1905, then worked as a tutor in Germany before returning to Ljubljana in 1910. City archivist, then dramaturge and administrator of the national theatre until 1946, he translated most of Shakespeare's plays and wrote for children a collection reissued more than thirty times. He died in Ljubljana on 11 June 1949 and lies beside Cankar, Kette and Murn.

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• PoetryDumaOton Župančič · 1908not translated into EnglishLiterature