movement death_date death_place influenced birth_place influences birth_date genre image article_title name occupation
symbolism , modernism 11 june 1949 ljubljana , sr slovenia , sfr yugoslavia vladimir lili novy , france bevk , alojz rebula levstik , joža lovrenčič , josip vidmar , vinica in slovenia -rrb- , duchy of carniola , austria-hungary -lrb- now france whitman , dragotin kette , josip murn , simon gregorčič prešeren , paul verlaine , richard dehmel , nietzsche , henri bergson , walt 23 january 1878 plays , epic poetry , lyrical poetry otonzupancic.jpg oton Župančič
 oton Župančič poet , translator , playwright
oton Župančič

oton Župančič -lrb- january 23 , 1878 -- june 11 , 1949 -rrb- 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 .
