Anton Funtek
Anton Funtek (born October 30, 1862 in Ljubljana ; † October 21, 1932 there ) was a Slovenian writer.
After visiting the teacher training institute in his hometown, Funtek worked as a teacher in Littai and Sankt Veit with parakeets. From 1889 to 1894 he was a specialist teacher at the trade school and professor at the Ljubljana Teachers' College. He also worked as an editor of the Ljubljanski Zvon , the Laibacher Zeitung and the official gazette .
In addition to poems, Funtek published dramas and translated a. a. Shakespeare's King Lear , Goethe's Faust and Schiller's Song of the Bell into Slovenian. His piece Teharski plemici was set to music by Benjamin Ipavec .
Works
- Smrt ( Death )
- Teharski plemici ( The nobles of Teharje )
- Tekma ( The Contest )
- Izbrane pesmi ( Selected Songs )
- Prizori iz otroskega zlvljenja ( pictures from children's life )
literature
- Funtek Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 383.
Web links
- Literature by and about Anton Funtek in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Funtek, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ljubljana |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1932 |
| Place of death | Ljubljana |