1. Dragotin Kette's father was a teacher and a choirmaster; his mother died when he was four years old.
11 Facts About Dragotin Kette
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In 1894, his maternal uncle, Janez Valencic, who was paying for Dragotin Kette's scholarship, withdrew his financial support because Dragotin Kette published some satirical verses about the bishop of Ljubljana Jakob Missia in the student paper.
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Dragotin Kette had to continue his studies in Novo Mesto, where he passed his high-school leaving exam in 1898.
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Dragotin Kette died there in 1899 at the age of 23.
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Dragotin Kette is buried in the Zale cemetery in the Bezigrad district of Ljubljana.
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Dragotin Kette's poetry was mostly influenced by Slovene folk songs and by classic writers such as Goethe, Heine, and Preseren.
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Dragotin Kette chose an original approach instead, similar to neo-romantic trends in fin-de-siecle Europe.
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Dragotin Kette is known as an author of popular children's literature.
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Unlike his friend Josip Murn, Dragotin Kette became an established poet already during his lifetime.
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Dragotin Kette's collected poems were published in 1900, edited by Anton Askerc, who had previously rejected Kette's poetry.
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Dragotin Kette had an important influence on future Slovenian writers, such as Alojz Gradnik, Srecko Kosovel, Miran Jarc, Ivan Minatti, Janez Menart, Kajetan Kovic, and Ciril Zlobec.