Adam Bohorič
Slovene writer
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Adam Bohorič was a Slovene writer and linguist who established a Slovene orthography and analyzed Slovene grammar in 1584. He was part of the Protestant Reformation movement, which significantly contributed to the development of Slovene literature. Bohorič's work, along with other Protestant writers like Primož Trubar and Jurij Dalmatin, created a body of writings in Slovene that persisted even through the Counter-Reformation. This foundational work helped to spark a national revival in Slovenia around 1780.1
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