The Cankar Centre or Cankar Hall ( Slovene : Cankarjev dom ) is the largest Slovenian convention, congress and culture center. The building was designed by the architect Edvard Ravnikar and was built at the southern edge of Republic Square in Ljubljana between 1977 and 1982. Construction was funded entirely by the Socialist Republic of Slovenia .
14-611: The center is named after the Slovene writer and social-democratic politician Ivan Cankar (1876–1918). The centre has four halls named after Slovene artists: Gallus Hall (named after the late- Renaissance composer Jacobus Gallus ), Linhart Hall (named after the Enlightenment erudite and playwright Anton Tomaž Linhart ), Kosovel Hall (named after the Expressionist poet Srečko Kosovel ), and Štih Hall (named after
28-544: Is a book written by the Slovene Protestant preacher Primož Trubar in 1550. Along with Trubar's 1550 book, Abecedarium (Abecedary), Catechismus was the first book published in Slovene . Catechismus served as part of a foundation of the establishment of a national identity for Slovenes . Although it was for decades assumed that Catechismus was printed in Tübingen , new research has shown that it
42-507: Is the literature written in Slovene . It spans across all literary genres with historically the Slovene historical fiction as the most widespread Slovene fiction genre. The Romantic 19th-century epic poetry written by the leading name of the Slovene literary canon , France Prešeren , inspired virtually all subsequent Slovene literature. Literature played an important role in the development and preservation of Slovene identity because
56-557: The Slovene nation did not have its own state until 1991 after the Republic of Slovenia emerged from the breakup of Yugoslavia . Poetry , narrative prose , drama , essay , and criticism kept the Slovene language and culture alive, allowing—in the words of Anton Slodnjak—the Slovenes to become a real nation, particularly in the absence of "masculine" attributes such as political power and authority . There are accounts that cite
70-456: The entire New Testament , Jurij Dalmatin translated the entire Bible into Slovene from c. 1569 until 1578 and published it in 1583. In the second half of the 16th century, Slovene became known to other European languages with the multilingual dictionary, compiled by Hieronymus Megiser . Since then each new generation of Slovene writers has contributed to the growing corpus of texts in Slovene. Particularly, Adam Bohorič 's Arcticae horulae ,
84-527: The existence of an oral literary tradition that preceded the Slovene written literature. This was mostly composed of folk songs and also prose, which included tales of myths , fairy tales , and narrations . The earliest documents written in Old Slovene are the Freising manuscripts ( Brižinski spomeniki ), dated between 972 and 1022, found in 1803 in Freising , Germany. This book was written for
98-444: The first Slovene grammar, and Sebastjan Krelj 's Postilla Slovenska , became the bases of the development of Slovene literature. This period encompasses 1899–1918. Intimism ( Slovene : intimizem ) was a poetic movement, the main themes of which were love, disappointment and suffering and the projection of poet's inner feelings onto nature. Its beginner is Ivan Minatti , who was followed by Lojze Krakar . The climax of Intimism
112-436: The literary critic Bojan Štih ). The Cankar Centre also has a large foyer where events are held (artistic performances, dances, book fairs, etc.). In front of the building stands a monument to Ivan Cankar, designed in 1982 by the sculptor Slavko Tihec . In September 2011 the renovation of the first lobby was held, increasing the height of the ceiling, replacing the carpet with bamboo parquet and refurbished lighting; The recast
126-640: The purpose of spreading Christianity to the Alpine Slavs and contained terms concerned with the institutions of authority such as oblast (authority), gospod (lord), and rota (oath). The first printed books in Slovene were Catechismus and Abecedarium , written by the Protestant reformer Primož Trubar in 1550 and printed in Schwäbisch Hall . Based on the work by Trubar, who from 1555 until 1577 translated into Slovene and published
140-691: Was achieved in 1953 with a collection of poetry titled Poems of the Four ( Pesmi štirih ), written by Janez Menart , Ciril Zlobec , Kajetan Kovič and Tone Pavček . An often neglected female counterpart to the four was Ada Škerl , whose subjective and pessimistic poetic sentiment was contrary to the post-war revolutionary demands in the People's Republic of Slovenia . Catechismus Catechismus in der windischenn Sprach or simply Catechismus ( Catechism , also known as Katekizem v slovenskem jeziku or simply Katekizem in modern Slovene),
154-509: Was most probably printed in 1550 by Peter Frentz in Schwäbisch Hall . Catechismus was originally published in the schwabacher (Gothic script) and reprinted in 1555 in the Latin script . It also contains hymns and a litany , all with musical notation. Based on the German patterns, they are original poems in four different forms of stanzas comprising altogether 500 verses. Catechismus
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#1732779757787168-684: Was nationalized by the People's Republic of Slovenia . During the building of the Cankar Centre, remnants of the ancient Roman town of Emona were found; the Roman wall was dynamited to make way for construction. Most of the finds have been transferred to the National Museum of Slovenia , which stands on the opposite side of the square. 46°03′00″N 14°29′56″E / 46.05000°N 14.49891°E / 46.05000; 14.49891 Slovene writer Slovene literature
182-819: Was received by critics of the Association of Architects of Ljubljana, the Association of Architects of Slovenia, the Chamber of Architecture and Space of Slovenia, the Architecture and Design Museum, the Dessa Galleries and the Ferry Institute for the purpose of encroaching on the architectural image Space. The ground floor of the centre, like most of the present-day square, was owned by the Roman Catholic Church until 1960, when it
196-590: Was released in October 2009 for the first time in modern Slovene. This scholarly edition includes both the Trubar-era Slovene and a translation into modern Slovene with scholarly notes. Similarly, Abecedarium was published in October 2008, the other "first" Slovene book. The "Pridiga o veri" (Sermon on Faith) from Catechismus is available in Slovene, English, German, and Esperanto. A phrase from Cathecismus, Stati inu Obstati ("To Stand and Withstand"),
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