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France Prešeren ( December 3, 1800 - February 8, 1849) was a Slovenian poet.

Prešeren was born in the village Vrba, Slovenia.

In the past and still today Prešeren was and is considered the first and leading poet of Slovenian poetry, acclaimed not only nationally or regionally, but also according to the standards of the developed European literature. Prešeren was one of the best European romanticists.

Prešeren's poem Zdravljica (A Toast) is the Slovenian national anthem since 1991.

He died on February 8, 1849 in Kranj, Slovenia. The 8th of February, Prešeren's day , is now a national Slovenian Cultural Holiday. Prešeren appears on the Slovenian 1000 tolarThe tolar has been the currency of Slovenia since October 1991. It is divided into 100 stotins. The ISO 4217 currency code for the Slovene tolar is SIT. The name tolar comes from the Thaler, a silver coin first minted in 1518 in Joachimsthal, Bohemia, fro banknote.

1 See also

• List of Slovenian language poetsPoets who wrote or write much of their poetry in the Slovene language . A : Joze Abram ( 1875 1938) : Fran Albreht ( 1889 1965) : Ivan Albreht : Vera Albreht : Miha AndreaS ( 1762 1821) : Anton ASkerc ( 1856 1912) : Miha Avanzo ( 1949 B : Esad Babacic ( 1, List of SloveniansThis is a list of Slovenians and people from Slovenia that are famous or notable. Artists / Performing Arts Zvest Apollonio ( 1935 ) painter and graphic artist. Berko ( 1946 ) painter and graphic artist. Emerik Bernard ( 1927 ) painter. Janez Bernik ( 193.

2 External link

• Preseren.net - biographical data, texts of most his poems in Slovenian, English and German language.