Srečko Kosovel (b. 1904 in Sežana, d. 1926 in Tomaj) studied Slavic studies, Romance studies and pedagogy in Ljubljana. He prepared a first volume of poetry, which was never published. He was influenced by Nietzsche and Karl Marx, among others, his works were rediscovered only in the 1960s. 

Complete works: Vsem naj bom neznan (To All I Shall Remain Unknown, 2019). In German: Integrale, Wieser, 1999 (tr. Erwin Köstler), Mein Gedicht ist mein Gesicht, Edition Thanhäuser, 2004 (tr. Ludwig Hartinger, new edition 2023 by Otto Müller Verlag) and poems in the anthology Mein Nachbar auf der Wolke; Slowenische Lyrik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts (Carl Hanser Verlag & Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, 2023).