Simoničev zbornik

Simonič Proceeding. International Scientific Symposium on the 150th Anniversary of his Birth, Ivanjkovci October 17-18, 1997 Franc Simonič was born on January 1, 1847 in beautiful Prlekija, more precisely in Ivanjkovci near Svetinje where he started primary school and from the third grade onwards. attended school in nearby Gornja Radgona and Maribor. He studed in Graz, where he also received his Ph.D. in 1874, his professional career led him to the library (Joanneum in Graz and from 1879 to the University Library in Vienna), where he stayed until his early retirement in 1906, when he moved permanently to Gornja Radgona, wher he also died in 1919. Many letters remained behind him, which he addressed to his relatives and friends (G. Kreka, L. Pintar, etc.). Part of this (especially personal) legacy is still preserved by his relatives and the rest by the University Library in Maribor and the National and University Library in Ljubljana. His most important work is "The Slovenian Bibliography. Part I: Books (1550-1900)", published by Slovenska Matica. At the time of its publication, Dr. Jos. Tominšek wrote about this retrospective Slovene bibliography in the newspaper Ljubljanski zvon (1906): "It is one of those books that only every nation can reach for itself every 100 years, or perhaps it does not rhyme in such installments. The so-called audience steps past it, without enlightening her, but every researcher of literature and culture takes it always and always in her hand. the work done, and for the second time, it reminds him how much work he has left. It is of fundamental importance for every worker who wants to do more than work without a good reason. , which is inevitably necessary for anyone who seeks to learn about literature. /.../ With Dr. Simonič's bibliography we have obtained a book that includes a collection of all Slovenian books during our literary development (1550-1900). eagerly, we realize the invaluable importance of this book; she has done a job for this age that will never be done again because it is done. She may only be refining tuintam for some change and the work will need to continue. /.../ "This remarkable work was the result of 25 years of systematic collection and review of books. From preserved letters, we can follow this work very closely (temporally) until the first sheaf was published, in 1903. Thus, Dr. Simonič wrote in a letter to Luke Pintar (July 30, 1901) wrote: "I will soon have all the Slovenian bibliography on the slips. However, many Slovenian books have not yet been in my hands, and according to other aids, the titles written are inaccurate and flawed. Since your library (op. R. Š. Lyceum Library) stores by far the most Slovenian books, I would like to come to Ljubljana for a couple of days in a vacation to look and list such books. / ... "From this humble record we can clearly see that Dr. Simonič followed the basic principle of the bibliographic census, that he worked on the material itself (autopsy).