To mark the birthday of Anton Koder – Liberius, the Slovenian poet, prose writer and journalist, we invite you to solve a special crossword puzzle prepared by Klub Liberius Cerklje.
Anton Koder was born on 21 May 1851 in Radomlje near Kamnik and died on 21 February 1918 in Ljubljana. At the age of five, he moved with his parents to Poženik near Cerklje, where he spent his youth, and all his life he considered himself a native of Poženik. He is buried in Cerklje na Gorenjskem.
After completing grammar school in Ljubljana, he worked as a postal official in various places in what was then Austria-Hungary, including Ljubljana, Innsbruck, Trento and Bregenz, where he also became head of the post office. Alongside his job, he was active as a writer, poet and storyteller. He wrote under the pseudonym Liberius.
His works are an important part of Slovenian literary heritage. Among his better-known works are Zvezdana, Luteranci and Kmetski triumvirat. In his writing, he often depicted people’s lives, historical circumstances, his home surroundings and the values of the time in which he lived and worked.
Klub Liberius Cerklje, which keeps alive the memory of the local literary, historical and cultural heritage through a variety of cultural activities, is also named after his pseudonym. This time, the club’s members have prepared a crossword that offers an entertaining way to test your knowledge of Anton Koder – Liberius and perhaps discover something new about his life and work along the way.
You are warmly invited to solve the crossword and get to know the legacy of a man who was a native of Radomlje by birth, of Poženik at heart and, through his work, an important Slovenian literary figure.
Crossword by: Klub Liberius Cerklje
