France Prešeren, our greatest Slovenian poet, gave us the most sensual poetry, which would make a stone cry! We probably all know where he got the inspiration for his poetry, but we don't really know much about Prešeren's mysterious life.
At school we learned about to the great Slovenian poet France Prešern, whose life is a myth that must be taken with a grain of salt - it is not only a question of insufficient evaluation of his works, which are undoubtedly eternal, but also of his private life, which is miserable and unhappy compared to the brilliant poetry.
The gap between the actual and idealized France Prešeren is so deep that we have decided to believe in the myth of the super Prešeren, who is not only a gentle, romantic and dreamy persona, but also an attractive man with charisma.
France Preseren indeed it is the greatest Slovenian poet, but he was also something else. And it's time to learn the biggest secrets about France Prešeren.
1. Various authors have already written a lot about the family of France Prešeren, but it is difficult for Prešerenologists to find out the real truth when France was born. The date of his birth was determined by the official superstition December 3, but France is said not to have been born at that time, but rather to have been baptized. No one should know the real date, so it makes more sense to mark it February 8 as a cultural holiday, as sources confirm with certainty that France died at that time.
2. The fishing years for France Prešeren were not easy, as he confesses in Sonnets of misfortune, but presernoscholars obviously did not understand the meaning of his rhymes very well. He is said to hate the pond, because he probably had some (bad) experience there that was related to sexuality. Some sources claim that allegedly a victim of sexual abuse, which at the time was shameful to talk about. His attitude towards women is also said to be extremely eccentric.
3. The biggest puzzle related to France Prešern is the cause of his death. The records testify to the fact that he was an alcoholic, but some historians claim that France sometimes drank a glass more, but he was not a drunkard, but an ordinary citizen. France Prešeren is said to be an occasional drinker who was looking for a sedative due to tension. Those who watched France's biography Prešeren (author Franci Slak) could see that drinking, socializing and partying were an integral part of that time, of romance.
4. Some sources claim that France knew Prešeren Julia Primic already before 1833, when he is said to have seen her for the first time in the Trnovo church.
5. France Prešeren is said to have had mental crises or internal storms, which many Prešerenologists probably misinterpreted. They wrote that the main reason for Prešeren's accident was failed love and the loss of friends, but these explanations are not convincing. His experience of the world is supposed to be factual hereditary condition.
6. Prešeren's creation should not be divided into phases, because he is supposed to be a perfectionist, who tirelessly polished the songs, shuffled and edited them to give them an imaginary context.
7. Today we can read many contemporary editions of Prešeren's Poems, in which all texts should be adapted to the modern language and the currently valid language rules.
8. There is said to be a letter, kept in the estate of the Prešerenologist Fran Levac, in which we learn more about the apocryphal Prešeren or to the secret France and his erotic songs, which are not found in Prešeren's official opus. These are songs that do not belong in high culture because they contain words like fuck, piss, ass, hooker, bitch, bitch, jerk off. An example, which you can also see in the film biography of Prešeren, says: "Oh, Savica, you are no longer a virgin! You're a wide-eyed bitch.”
9. Julija is supposed to collect Prešeren's poems in also read them to acquaintances on special occasions. France allegedly fell for her and she also joked with him at dances.
10. France Prešeren and his friends should know all Ljubljana's secrets, that's why they regularly wrote satirical and critical texts about gentlemen on small pieces of paper, which they then threw around the streets of Ljubljana.
11. France Prešeren is said to have been sexually abstinent for a long time. Some records say that he had his first sexual experience with Ana Jelovšek, when he was 39 years old. Because of this, he also allegedly wrote erotic songs with which he 'comforted himself'.
12. Prešernova the greatest love is not supposed to be Julija Primic, this one is said to be only the most famous because of the Sonnet Wreath. Julija was also a rich noblewoman, about whom a lot was written in general at that time. France also reportedly had a girlfriend who wanted to make him a gentleman, but he refused to marry her because he didn't want that in any way.
