Pre Eren Day (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Slovenian Cultural Holiday (Slovene: Slovenski kulturni praznik), known unofficially as Pre eren Day (Slovene: Pre ernov dan), is a national holiday celebrated in Slovenia marking the anniversary of the death of the poet France Pre eren on February 8, 1849. Since Pre eren is generally considered the greatest poet in the Slovene language, the holiday was established to honour achievements in Slovenian culture. The anniversary of Pre eren's death first became a prominent date during World War II in 1942, when the so-called "cultural silence" was imposed by the Liberation Front, banning all Slovene artists from further public appearances under occupation. It was first commemorated as a holiday in the partisan-liberated territory in 1944. It remained a public holiday during the era of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia within Yugoslavia and it was celebrated also by the Carinthian Slovenes and the Slovenes in Italy.