14 Facts About Narte Velikonja

Lenart "Narte" Velikonja was a Slovene writer and cultural figure.

Narte Velikonja attended law school in Vienna, served for some time in the military, and graduated in 1918.

Narte Velikonja married a niece of Anton Bonaventura Jeglic, who was bishop of Ljubljana at the time.

Narte Velikonja performed various work for the provincial government in Ljubljana.

Narte Velikonja firmly opposed the communist violence committed during the war, in which capacity he collaborated closely with Leon Rupnik and produced propaganda against the Liberation Front, including the brochure Malikovanje zlocina.

Narte Velikonja was arrested by the communist secret police on May 10,1945 and charged with collaborating with the Axis forces.

Narte Velikonja was condemned to death at a show trial on June 23,1945 that included ten other defendants and was shot two days later.

Narte Velikonja's conviction was overturned by Slovenia's supreme court in 2015, which ruled that any activity he was engaged in was not illegal at the time, and that the charges against him were vague in terms of not only time and place, but the allegations themselves.

Narte Velikonja started his literary career as a poet, and he later developed as a prose writer in the style of modern realism.

Narte Velikonja depicted farm owners, tenant farmers, and manual laborers in their struggle to make a living under difficult economic and political circumstances, addressed the essential features of rural life, and focused on individuals' psychological experiences.

Narte Velikonja described the conditions under the Italian authorities in his story "V Smrlinju".

Narte Velikonja published his early novellas in the collections Sirote and Otroci.

Narte Velikonja's book Nas pes is a collection of happy stories from his childhood.

Narte Velikonja wrote some folk plays for the theater, including Suzenj and Tabor.