Pavlina Pajk, neé Doljak, is the first lady of Slovene women's novels and tales. Her everyday language until the age of 15 was Italian, but when the small seaside settlement of Solkan near Gorica became her home, Slovene her first langugae and the Solkan reading room an important cultural environment, and she was encourages by Matija Doljak and Karel Lavrič, she started to write. Her initial literary steps were influenced above all by the linguistic and cultural environment in Solkan adn the Gorica area, whereas any political influence was only indirect.
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