Kveder, Zofka (1878 - 1926)

Short name Kveder, Zofka
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First name Zofka
Birth name Kveder
Married name Demetrović, Zofka, Jelovšek, Zofka
Alternative name Poluks , Janja Legat , Zofka Jelovšek , Zofka Demetrović
Date of birth 1878
Date of death 1926
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Ljubljana
Place of death Zagreb
Lived in Slovenia , Croatia
Place of residence notes
Unknown maker, portrait of Zofka Kveder, 1920s, Digital Library of Slovenia
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Religion / ideology
Education School education
Aristocratic title -
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Memberships Student club Slavia
Place(s) of Residence Slovenia , Croatia
Receptions of Kveder, Zofka, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Author Date Type
Literarno pismo A literary letter Cankar, Ivan 1900 None
Zaslužne žene na peru The Worthy Women of Letters Belović Bernadžikovska, Jelica 1913 None
Zofka Kveder-Demetrovićeva Govekar, Fran 1926 is dedicated to
*To be specified Govekar, Minka 1927 comments on person
Unknown maker, portrait of Zofka Kveder, 1920s, Digital Library of Slovenia None is portrait of
MENTIONED IN: - Borovnik 1995 -Chlapec Djordjevic, Jelena, Studije i eseji o feminizmu I [Studies and Essays on Feminism I ], Beograd, 1935. Bozena Orozen. Zofka Kveder v Pragi (Zofka Kveder in Prague), Dialogi 4, 1978, s. 220-232. Cf. - Katja Mihurko, "Nation and Gender in the Writings of Slovene Women Writers, 1848-1918", in Aspasia 2, 2008, 28-43. (cf. hyperlink) -Katja Mihurko Poniž. Drzno drugačna: Zofka Kveder in podobe ženskosti. (Dangerously different. Zofka Kveder and the images of the womenhood). Ljubljana: Delta, 2003 -Jensterle Dolezal -Jahic Honzak (edd.): Zofka Kveder(1878-1626), Praha: Narodni knihovna CR - Slovanska knihovna, 2008 - „Podobe iz sanj“. Roman Hanka v luči korespondence med Zofko Kvedrovo in Zdenko Háskovo. (Dream images. The novel Hanka in the light of the correspondence between Zofka Kveder in Zdenka Haskova). In: Alenka Jensterle-Doležalová (ed.), Vzájemným pohledem, V očeh drugega, Česko-slovinské a slovinské-české styky ve 20. století, Praha: Národní knihovna ČR - Slovanská knihovna, 2011, s. 125-143.
KM NOT MENTIONED IN: - Queneau, Histoire des litteratures (Pleiade), 1968 - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992. She spent her difficult childhood (both of her parents often abused her physically) in the countryside. When she was only sixteen years old, she fled to the nearest large town where she worked as a secretary. In January 1899, she moved to Trieste, where Slovenka was published. Although she had not attended secondary school, she longed to study. Her dream came true in Bern (Switzerland), where female students could study at the university after a successful interview with the rector. After a few months she dropped out of the university, because she could not simultaneously study and earn enough money to make it from one day to another. In 1906, Kveder moved with her family to Zagreb (Croatia). She committed suicide in the year 1926. Considered first professional Slovene woman writer. Traveller, journalist, novelist. Translator Published short stories in German in Austrian and Swiss magazines, and established contacts with European women authors. Published short stories in Czech magazines. Published books in Czech culture. (Info KMihurko Jul09) birth 22-04-1878, died 21-11-1926 LANGUAGES PASSIVE OR TRANSLATED FROM: - Czech - Croat - German -Bulgarian svdmar12 info AJensterle Alenka Jensterle, 22.2.2013,5TrSchoolFeb13 Cf. Gothenburg2020 : Mihurko