Jakob Alešovec

Jakob Alešovec

Jakob Alešovec (pronounced [ˈjaːkɔp aˈleːʃɔvəts]) (Skaručna, 24 July 1842 – 17 October 1901, Ljubljana) was an ethnic-Slovene Austrian writer and dramatist.

Until 1866 he wrote in German, later in Slovenian. He wrote travelogues, tales, folk plays, and satires. He wrote the first Slovenian detective story.

Works

• Iz sodnijskega življenja (1875) - From the judges life
• Kako sem se jaz likal (1884) - How I was ironing myself

References

• Veliki slovenski leksikon, Mladinska knjiga (2003)

External links

• Media related to Jakob Alešovec at Wikimedia Commons