Srečko Kosovel
Slovenian modernist poet and avant-garde constructivist.
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Srečko Kosovel was a Slovenian poet born 18 March 1904 who died at age 22 on 27 May 1926.[1][2] Kosovel never published a book during his lifetime.[3]
Life and work
He had contacts with the anti-Fascist insurgent organization TIGR.[4] In 1925, with artist Avgust Černigoj, Kosovel planned a magazine called Konstruktor and began writing constructivist poems called konsi.[5] His constructivist poetry used language free of syntax, mathematical symbols, paper collages, and other experimental forms.[5] In 1926, after a recital in Zagorje, he caught a cold that developed into meningitis.[4]
The annexation caused Kosovel to experience sorrow, anger, and confusion, particularly because the Kingdom of Yugoslavia did not care about the hardships faced by the Slovene minority.[6] Kosovel went back to Tomaj, the village where he was from, and passed away there on 27 May 1926.[7]
What the cited sources add
That program listed poems including "Kons 4," "The Golden Boat," and "Nocturne" among those featured.[3] The biografija also notes Šček used verses by Kosovel in her vocal compositions.[8] The radio program from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation had Australian poet David Brooks as the guide through Kosovel's life and poems.[3]
References
- Wikipedia, "Srečko Kosovel" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: A bi-lingual feature on the Slovenian poet Srečko Kosovel, Poetica radio series, 3 August 2013, Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Jackson, R. (2010): Introduction, in: Look Back, Look Ahead: Selected Poems by Kosovel, Ugly Duckling Press, 2010, (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Srečko Kosovel" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: A bi-lingual feature on the Slovenian poet Srečko Kosovel, Poetica radio series, 3 August 2013, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- A bi-lingual feature on the Slovenian poet Srečko Kosovel, Poetica radio series, 3 August 2013, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. facts only, no text reused. abc.net.au
- Wikipedia, "Srečko Kosovel" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bil je zelo živahen mladenič, a sam, Primorske novice, 26 March 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Srečko Kosovel" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: , Poetry International Foundation, Netherlands (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Srečko Kosovel" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Brooks, David (2008), Introduction , in: The Golden Boat: Selected Poems of Srečko Kosovel, p.8, (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Srečko Kosovel" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Srečko Kosovel", Jutro, 28 May 1926, p. 3; "Srečko Kosovel umrl", Narodni dnevnik, 29 May 1926, p. 2 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Šček, Breda (1893–1968) - Slovenska biografija", www.slovenska-biografija.si. facts only, no text reused. slovenska-biografija.si
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- Wikipedia: Srečko Kosovel (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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