Poet Ljubka Šorli was born on 19 February 1910 in Tolmin. Her father Luka was a tanner, and her mother Alojzija, neé Mlakar, came from Bača nad Podbrdom. The family found refuge from World War I in Jesenice, where young Ljubka started primary school. When the family returned home to Tolmin, she completed primary school and finished higher primary school in 1923.
Sladko, skrito hrepenenje
sili v rodni me Tolmin.
V Klanec, srečni kraj otroštva,
seže prvi mi spomin.
Hiša še stoji, kot nekdaj,
v Rodne gleda spodnja stran,
nizko v strugi ji Tolminka<
milo poje noč in dan.
Ali kje so moji dragi,
ki bili so ves moj svet?
Saj nikogar več ne najdem …
Kam za njimi vodi sled?
Oh, zakaj, zakaj vprašujem?
Saj predobro sama vem:
med grobovi, tam jih najdem.
Tja, med križe, romat grem.