Josip Jurčič

Josip Jurčič, photo by Ernest Pogorelc

Josip Jurčič (4 March 1844 – 3 May 1881) was a Slovene writer and journalist. He was born in Muljava, Austrian Empire (now part of the municipality of Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia) and died in Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary. Josip Jurčič followed the literary program proposed by Fran Levstik and was one of the most influential Slovene literary realists.

The 13 km (8.1 mi) Jurčič Trail (Slovene: Jurčičeva pot) from Višnja Gora (where he attended primary school) to Muljava is named after him. The house where he was born is now an open-air museum.

Selected works

• Pripovedka o beli kači (1861) (The Tale of the White Snake)
• Spomini na deda (1863) (Memories of Grandfather)
• Jurij Kozjak, slovenski janičar (1864) (Jurij Kozjak, a Slovene Janissary)
• Deseti brat (1866) (The Tenth Brother); now recognized as the first Slovene novel
• Veronika Deseniška (1881); a play
• Kozlovska sodba v Višnji Gori (1867) (The Famous Goat Trial); a humours short story

External links

• Media related to Josip Jurčič at Wikimedia Commons
• Works related to Josip Jurčič at Wikisource
• Jurčič works in e-books (Slovene)