Janez Vesel, known by his pen name

Pen name

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 Jovan Koseski (Slovenian conventions also Jovan Vesel Koseski or Jovan Vesel – Koseski, and (less often ) Janez Vesel – Koseski or Janez Vesel Koseski), was a Slovene lawyer

Lawyer

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 and poet

Poet

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Born as Janez Vesel in Spodnje Koseze

Spodnje Koseze

Spodnje Koseze is a village south of Lukovica in the eastern part of the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.It was the birthplace of the Slovene poet Jovan Vesel Koseski.The local church is dedicated to Saint Laurence.-External links:*...

 in the Duchy of Carniola

Duchy of Carniola

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 in the Habsburg Monarchy

Habsburg Monarchy

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 (now in Slovenia

Slovenia

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), Koseski studied law in Graz

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 and Vienna

Vienna

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 and worked in Trieste

Trieste

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 for most of his professional life. In his student years he mostly wrote in German

German language

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. In 1818 his sonnet

Sonnet

A sonnet is one of several forms of poetry that originate in Europe, mainly Provence and Italy. A sonnet commonly has 14 lines. The term "sonnet" derives from the Occitan word sonet and the Italian word sonetto, both meaning "little song" or "little sound"...

 Potažba was printed and was the first sonnet ever printed in Slovene. No further works by Koseski are known until 1844 when he published his ode

Ode

Ode is a type of lyrical verse. A classic ode is structured in three major parts: the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode. Different forms such as the homostrophic ode and the irregular ode also exist...

 Slovenija, dedicated to The Emperor Ferdinand

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, widely regarded as his best work in which he describes the history of the Slovene lands

Slovene Lands

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 since Roman

Ancient Rome

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 times. After this he continued writing and also translating poetry.

His ode Slovenja is the earliest known printed use of the word Slovenia to describe the Slovene lands.

He was the grandfather of the Austrian-Italian mountaineer and author Julius Kugy

Julius Kugy

Julius Kugy was an Austrian - Italian mountaineer and writer of Slovene origin. He wrote mostly in German. He is renowned for his travelogues from the Julian Alps, in which he reflected on the relationship between man, nature, and culture...

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