Josip Vošnjak

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Josip Vošnjak (4 January 1834 – 21 October 1911) was a

He was born in a wealthy merchant family in the

After the death of his closest collaborator Josip Jurčič in 1881, Vošnjak's influence started to decline. He served as member of the Carniolan Provincial Diet until 1895, but his political activity was overshadowed by a new, much more radical generation of Slovene liberal politicians, such as Janko Kersnik, Ivan Hribar, Ivan Tavčar and Fran Šuklje.

Vošnjak was also a prolific author; he wrote many political articles and essays, as well as plays and short stories. He was a proponent of

He retired from public life in 1895, and moved to his estate Visole near Slovenska Bistrica, where he died in 1911.

Vošnjak wrote many articles on economic and political issues in progressive and nationalist journals such as Ljubljanski Zvon and Slovenski Narod; he also wrote on issues of agrarian production, and more practical issues, such as medical advises.

Josip Vošnjak was the brother of the national liberal activist Mihael Vošnjak, the pioneer of cooperative banking in present-day Slovenia, and the uncle of the Yugoslav politician, diplomat and historian Bogumil Vošnjak.

References

Further reading

• Slovenska matica
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External links

• Media related to Josip Vošnjak at Wikimedia Commons