Fran Saleški Finžgar

Fran Saleški Finžgar (born February 9, 1871 in Doslovče, today part of Žirovnica , Gorenjsko region, German Upper Carniola ; † June 2, 1962 in Ljubljana ) was a Slovenian writer and Roman Catholic priest.

Life

Birthplace in Doslovče

Finžgar attended school in Radovljica and high school in Ljubljana. It was here that his interest in literature awoke and his first works were created. After finishing high school, Finžgar studied theology in Ljubljana (now Ljubljana) and became a pastor in 1894. In the course of his life he held the parish offices in Jesenice , Idrija , Zelimlje, Sora and Trnovo. Finžgar worked on various magazines, such as Mohorjeva Družba and Mladika . In 1918 he was on Ivan Cankar's deathbed . Finžgar's Catholicism was combined with Slovene nationalism , which is reflected on the one hand in his works, on the other hand in political activity. He was closer to Janez E. Krek's Christian Socialists than to Ivan Šusteršič's clericals . Even at an advanced age, he continued to take part in public life, which brought him into opposition to the Germans during the Second World War . On March 9, 1945, Finžgar's house in Ljubljana was completely destroyed by a bomb hit and the writer was buried under the rubble, but miraculously survived. After the war, when he hardly worked any literary, he was still politically active.

Works

Finžgar wrote poems, folk plays, novels and stories that describe the social changes and problems of the rural population from a Catholic perspective. His best known work, however, was the novel Pod svobodnim soncem (Eng. Iztok), a historical novel published in 1906/07, which describes the struggles of the Slavic tribes in the Balkans against the decadent Byzantine Empire . The novel, which cannot deny the influence of Sienkiewicz's With Fire and Sword , but which, despite the dynamic plot, shows weaknesses in the composition and in the psychological design of the characters, as well as being generous with historical truth, was probably also great because of its Slavic nationalism Success with the public and has been translated into many languages. Finžgar also made translations, e.g. B. he translated Peter Rosegger into Slovenian .

• Gozdarjev sin , novel 1893
• Zaroka o polnoči , novella 1894
• Deteljica , novella 1899
• Kvišku , 1899
• Kaj bi bilo vzrok moderni novi struji pa PL Coloma in njegov realizem , essay 1899
• Stara in nova hiša , novel 1900
• Dovolj pokore , novel 1901
• Divji lovec . Narodni igrokaz s petjem v štirih dejanjih, 1902
• Iz modernega sveta , novel 1904
• Dr. France Prešeren , essay 1904
• Pod svobodnim soncem . Povest davnih dedov, Roman 1906/07 (German Iztok, novel about Justinian and Theodora, 1963)
• Student naj bo. .., 1909
• Naša kri . Igrokaz v štirih dejanjih, 1912
• Dekla Ančka , 1913 (German Anka, 1959)
• Veriga . Ljudska zgodba v treh dejanjih, 1914
• Prerokovana . Slike iz svetovne vojne, 1915/19
• Dominsvetovci , essay 1917
• Razvalina življenja . Drama v treh dejanjih, 1921
• Strici , 1927 (German Lucia and the Brothers, 1959)
• Ecce homo ! The Noturno of a Sick, German 1931 (original title Ecce homo!)
• Boy, you don't understand! German 1933 (original title Fant, ti tega ne razumes!)
• The hunt for the capercaillie, German 1940 (original title Nna petelina)
• Gospod Hudournik , 1941
• Mirna pota , 1952
• Iz mladih dni . Zgodbe o živalih, 1953
• Gostač Matevž , 1954
• Leta mojega popotovanja , 1957
• Seven pictures for Lent, German 1957 (original title Sedem postnih slik)
• Iveri , 1959

Afterlife

There is a Finžgar museum in Doslovče. In 1996 the Slovenian Post published a special postage stamp in honor of Finžgar. A street in Ljubljana was named after him.

Web links

Commons : Fran Saleški Finžgar  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Fran Saleški Finžgar in the catalog of the German National Library