Luiza Pesjak
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Luiza Pesjak | |
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| Born | 12 June 1828 |
| Died | 31 March 1898 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Austria-Hungary |
Luiza Pesjak or Lujiza Pesjakova (12 June 1828 – 31 March 1898) was a Slovene writer, poet and translator. She was the first woman to author a novel in Slovene.[1]
Pesjak was born in Ljubljana on 12 June 1828 and baptized the following day as Aloysia Josepha Willhelmina Crobath, the daughter of the lawyer Blasius Crobath (1797–1848) and Josepha née Brugnak (1804–1855).[2] She was educated in the Fröhlich Institute and by local teachers, including France Prešeren. Pesjak was acquainted with Stritar, Gregorčič and Levstik with whom she exchanged correspondence. She spent a considerable time invested in reading, going to the theater and opera as well as traveling and being social.
Novelist
Pesjak was one of Slovenia's early novelists, producing the story Beatin dnevnik (Beata's Diary) in 1887 as well as writing poetry, plays and the opera libretto for Gorenjski slavček. Pesjak included a strong patriotic message into her works. She was published in both Slovenia and Germany. Notably her first works were in German as at that time she did not speak Slovene.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
