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Marija Rus

1921 – 2019

Slovenian romanist and poet

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Lived 1921 – 2019 (aged 97–98). Marija Rus was a Slovenian and Yugoslav romanist, secondary school teacher, latin teacher, french teacher and poet.

Marija Rus (2 August 1921 – April 2019) was a Slovenian Romance philologist, professor of French, translator, and poet. She was the first French teacher at Nova Gorica Grammar School. She contributed to the preparation of textbooks and curricula for the teaching of French. Her mother was the teacher Amalija Vardjan (1884–1943) from Črnomelj, and her father was the geographer and historian Jože Rus (1888–1945) from Ribnica. She had a younger sister and brother. After completing primary school, she enrolled in a classical grammar school. She enrolled in the study of classical philology at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. In 1947, she was admitted back to the university, took her final exam, and graduated in February in classical languages, ancient history with archaeology, and French.

Work

Teaching After graduating, she first worked as a teacher of mathematics and Russian at the lower secondary school in Kozina and as a Russian teacher at the lower secondary school in Tomaj, where she worked for four years.

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Who was Marija Rus?

Slovenian romanist and poet

When was Marija Rus born?

Marija Rus was born on 2 August 1921 in Novo Mesto.

When did Marija Rus die?

Marija Rus died in 2019 in Brežice.

What was Marija Rus's occupation?

Marija Rus was a romanist, secondary school teacher, latin teacher, french teacher and poet.

What nationality was Marija Rus?

Marija Rus was Slovenian and Yugoslav.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Marija Rus

· Wikidata: Q124341776

· DBpedia: Marija Rus

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