Tone Pavček was one of the most influential Slovene poets, translators and essayists from the first post-war

World War II

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 generation. He published a number of collections of poetry, well received by readers and critics alike. He also translated numerous Russian works into Slovene.

Early Life

Tone Pavček was born on September 29th 1928 in Šentjurij

Šentjurij na Dolenjskem

Šentjurij na Dolenjskem is a village in the Mirna Peč municipality in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia statistical region....

 in southeastern Slovenia

Slovenia

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. He lived in Šentjurij until he was 16 years old. He attended the first grade of elementary school in his home town, but was soon sent to a boarding school in Ljubljana

Ljubljana

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. In Ljubljana he completed a classical high school, and went to study law from which he graduated in 1954, although he never performed legal services afterwards.