Oton Župančič
 Oton Župančič (January 23 1878 – June 11 1949) was a Slovene poet translator and playwright. He is regarded alongside Ivan Cankar Dragotin Kette and Josip Murn as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature. In the period following World War I Župančič was frequently regarded as the greatest Slovenian poet after Prešeren but in the last forty years his influence has been declining and his poetry has lost much of its initial appeal.