Ljubka Šorli

Ljubka Šorli
Born(1910-02-19)February 19, 1910
Tolmin, Austria-Hungary
DiedApril 30, 1993(1993-04-30) (aged 83)
Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Occupationspoet, writer, teacher
Known forResistance against fascism; religious, patriotic, and love poetry
SpouseLojze Bratuž
ChildrenLojzka Bratuž, Andrej Bratuž
AwardsPro Ecclesia et Pontifice

Ljubka Šorli (February 19, 1910 – April 30, 1993) was a Slovenian writer, poet and teacher. She is known for her resistance against fascism, her poetic evocations of the Slovene Littoral landscape, her patriotic and religious verses, and her love poetry for her husband Lojze Bratuž, who was killed by the fascists. Her World War I refugee childhood and World War II imprisonment and torture deeply influenced her literary work. In addition to writing poetry (including children's verse and short prose), she devoted decades to teaching in Slovene-language schools and preserving Slovene culture under Italian rule. Ljubka's legacy as a "poet of resistance, hope and love" (pesnica upora, upanja in ljubezni) is today recognized on both sides of the Slovene–Italian border.

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