Ivan Tavčar

Ivan Tavčar was born on 28 August 1851 in Poljane, near Škofja Loka, into a peasant family. He studied law in Vienna from 1871 to 1875 and in 1884 opened a law practice in Ljubljana, which he kept until his death. A figure of the liberal camp, he sat in the Carniolan diet from 1889, then in the Vienna parliament from 1901 to 1907, and was mayor of Ljubljana from 1911 to 1921; during the war he saw to the city's food supply. Two major narratives of 1917 and 1919 are regarded as his masterpieces. He died in Ljubljana on 19 February 1923.

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• Short storiesAmong the MountainsMed goramiIvan Tavčar · 1888Literature