Memorials of Dragotin Kette from the poet’s death to the 100th anniversary of his birth

Abstract

The contribution presents the building of memorials dedicated to the poet Dragotin Kette and the development of rituals to honour his memory from his death on 26 April 1899 to the 100th anniversary of his birth on 19 January 1976. In the span of eighty years, it is possible to observe how the attitude towards Kette changed in time and place as well as how the memorials and associated rituals served the authorities in the construction of collective identity under the given social, political, and ideological circumstances.