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France Bevk Homestead, the attic in which Slovene writer France Bevk (1890–1970) wrote his first book as a 12-year-old boy, transformed into an exhibition room displaying documentation relating to the writer's life and work

Famous Slovene writer, publicist, political and cultural worker France Bevk (1890–1970) was born at the Volar homestead in the village of Zakojca. He spent his childhood and early youth living on a slope of the Kojca mountain, above the Baška Valley.

The France Bevk homestead was opened to visitors in 1990 on the 100th anniversary of the writer's birth. It was established by the Idrija Municipal Museum which also houses France Bevk's Memorial Room, donated by his wife and transferred from Ljubljana to Idrija in 1971. His homestead in Zakojca is nevertheless managed by the Cerkno Museum.

France Bevk

France Bevk is the author of more than 100 novels and collections of poems. Many have been translated into foreign languages. Before the Second World War he was strongly influenced by expressionism; after his war experience, in which he took an active political role as a Partisan, he devoted himself to social realism. In his later years he largely wrote for children. He twice received Slovenia's most prestigious cultural prize, the Prešeren Award (in 1949 and 1954). After his death, the public library in Nova Gorica was named after him.

Premises

Several authentically preserved rooms are on display in the house. The basement has a small stable for one or two cows and a few goats. On the ground floor are a vestibule and a kitchen with a hearth and an inbuilt pig kettle. The main living area is, of course, the place where the family gathered for meals and on long winter evenings. The room was heated by a tiled stove, while the modest shoemaker's corner furnished with a small table, two three-legged chairs and tools reveals that Bevk's father also made and repaired shoes. Adjacent is a small bedroom in which the parents and smallest child slept, and another small room for Bevk's grandparents. After their death, this became France's room. Squeezed in the corner between the last small room and the kitchen is a shed for fodder, litter and tools.

An old, steep staircase still leads up to the attic, which is no longer the room in which Bevk wrote and illustrated his first book as a 12-year-old boy. The attic has been transformed into a large exhibition room displaying documents, photos, books and objects relating to the writer's life and work.

External links

France Bevk Homestead on Idrija Municipal Museum website (in Slovenian)
France Bevk and his books on Wikipedia

Gallery

Slovene writer France Bevk (1890–1970), the author of more than 100 novels and collections of poems. After his death, the public library in Nova Gorica was named after him

The main living area in France Bevk Homestead, the place where the family gathered for meals and on long winter evenings

On the ground floor of France Bevk Homestead are a vestibule and a kitchen with a hearth and an inbuilt pig kettle

A small stable in the basement of France Bevk Homestead, suitable for a few domestic animals, 2005

Tools set out in one corner of the main living area reveal that France Bevk's father made and repaired shoes, France Bevk Homestead, 2005

After the death of his grandparents France Bevk slept in this bedroom as a young man, France Bevk Homestead

France Bevk Homestead, the attic in which Slovene writer France Bevk (1890–1970) wrote his first book as a 12-year-old boy, transformed into an exhibition room displaying documentation relating to the writer's life and work

France Bevk Homestead. Museum dedicated to Slovene writer France Bevk (1890–1970), twice recipient of the prestigious Prešeren Award (1949 and 1954)

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+Famous Slovene writer, publicist, political and cultural worker [[France Bevk]] (1890&ndash;1970) was born at the [[Homestead of Writer France Bevk|Volar homestead]] in the village of Zakojca. He spent his childhood and early youth living on a slope of the Kojca mountain, above the Baška Valley.
+The France Bevk homestead was opened to visitors in [[established::1990]] on the 100th anniversary of the writer's birth. It was established by the [[Idrija Municipal Museum]] which also houses France Bevk's Memorial Room, donated by his wife and transferred from Ljubljana to Idrija in 1971. His homestead in Zakojca is nevertheless managed by the [[Cerkno Museum]].
+}}
+==France Bevk==
+[[France Bevk]] is the author of more than 100 novels and collections of poems. Many have been translated into foreign languages. Before the Second World War he was strongly influenced by expressionism; after his war experience, in which he took an active political role as a Partisan, he devoted himself to social realism. In his later years he largely wrote for children. He twice received Slovenia's most prestigious cultural prize, the [[Prešeren Award and Prešeren Foundation Awards|Prešeren Award]] (in 1949 and 1954). After his death, the [[France Bevk Public Library, Nova Gorica|public library in Nova Gorica]] was named after him.
+==Premises==
+Several authentically preserved rooms are on display in the house. The basement has a small stable for one or two cows and a few goats. On the ground floor are a vestibule and a kitchen with a hearth and an inbuilt pig kettle. The main living area is, of course, the place where the family gathered for meals and on long winter evenings. The room was heated by a tiled stove, while the modest shoemaker's corner furnished with a small table, two three-legged chairs and tools reveals that Bevk's father also made and repaired shoes. Adjacent is a small bedroom in which the parents and smallest child slept, and another small room for Bevk's grandparents. After their death, this became France's room. Squeezed in the corner between the last small room and the kitchen is a shed for fodder, litter and tools.
+An old, steep staircase still leads up to the attic, which is no longer the room in which Bevk wrote and illustrated his first book as a 12-year-old boy. The attic has been transformed into a large exhibition room displaying documents, photos, books and objects relating to the writer's life and work.
+== See also ==
+*[[Cerkno Museum]]
+*[[Idrija Municipal Museum]]
+*[[France Bevk Public Library Nova Gorica]]
-High above the Baška Valley, on the north side of 1303-metre-high Kojca mountain, lies the village of Zakojca (710 m) – the birthplace of writer France Bevk (1890-1970). Zakojca is accessible both from the Bača Valley (Grahovo, Hudajužna) and from Cerkno. A short, steeper road leads to the village from the Idrijca River valley across Bukovo, while a longer, »scenic route« runs from Cerkno towards Porezen and through the picturesque villages of the Cerkno region.
+== External links ==
-Writer France Bevk spent his childhood and early youth at the Volar homestead (Zakojca 10), which is nestled on a slope above the village. The homestead was ceremoniously opened to visitors in 1990 – on the 100th anniversary of the writer's birth. Several authentically preserved rooms are on display in the house. The basement has a small stable for one or two cows and a few goats. On the ground floor are a vestibule and a kitchen with a hearth and an inbuilt pig kettle. The main living area is, of course, the place where the family gathered for meals and on long winter evenings. The room was heated by a tiled stove, while the modest shoemaker's corner furnished with a small table, two three-legged chairs and tools reveals that Bevk's father also made and repaired shoes. Closeby is a small bedroom in which the parents and smallest child slept, and another small room for Bevk's grandparents. After their death, this became France's room. Squeezed in the corner between the last small room and the kitchen is a shed for fodder, litter and tools.
+*[https://www.muzej-idrija-cerkno.si/lokacija/domacija-pisatelja-franceta-bevka/ France Bevk Homestead] on [[Idrija Municipal Museum]] website (in Slovenian)
-Old, steep stairs still lead up to the attic, which is no longer the room in which Bevk wrote and illustrated his first book as a 12-year-old boy. The attic has been transformed into a large exhibition room displaying documents, photos, books and objects relating to the writer's life and work. France Bevk is presented as a writer, publicist, political and cultural worker. On the gable wall above the entrance is a memorial plate dedicated to the writer in 1977 by the Old Students of Gorica Club.
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_Bevk France Bevk and his books on Wikipedia]
+{{gallery}}
+[[Category:Museums]]
+[[Category:Literature museums]]
+[[Category:Updated 2020]]
+[[Category:Literature_museums_and_archives]]

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