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Ivan Cankar

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    (May 10, 1876-December 11, 1918)
    Born in Vrhnika, Slovenia
    Wrote the volume of poetry 'Erotica' (1899)
    Wrote the plays 'For the Good of the People' (1901), 'The King of Betajnova' (1902), 'Scandal in St. Florian Valley' (1908), and 'Lovely Vida' (1912)
    Wrote the novels 'On the Slope' (1902), 'Madame Judith' (1904), 'The Ward of Mary Help of Christians' (1904), 'Cross on the Mountain' (1904), and 'The Bailiff Jernej and His Rights' (1907)
    Wrote the collection of short stories 'Images from Dreams' (1920)
    Drafted into Austro-Hungarian army, only to be discharged due to poor health
    Died of pneumonia in Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Grave moved to Žale cemetery in Ljubljana

Why he might be annoying:

    He had an emotionally and physically fragile personality.
    He lived a bohemian lifestyle while studying in Vienna.
    'Erotica' was so controversial during its time that the bishop of Ljubljana bought all available copies and burned them.
    His religious affiliation was unclear; raised as a Roman Catholic, he embraced Marxism at some point only to embrace some elements of Roman Catholicism despite being generally considered an agnostic.
    His works were dropped from the Yugoslav curriculum because they seemed to foster Slovene separatism (1929-34).
    His influence as a novelist has declined since the 1960s.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was born into poverty.
    His father abandoned his family shortly after his birth.
    He published his first poems when he was still a teenager.
    His works focused on the harsh lives of the poor and explored the themes of suffering hope.
    He is viewed as the greatest writer in the Slovene language.
    After World War I broke out, he was imprisoned for his Serbian sympathies.

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    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 82 Votes: 54.88% Annoying