 He did gain some recognition during his Vienna period, when his poems were published in established literary magazines such as "Ljubljanski zvon", but the later developments in his poetry did not receive a positive response by the public.His fame came soon after his death.The literary critic, Ivan Prijatelj, edited a volume of his collected poems in 1903, jointly with a brilliant essay which gained recognition both to Murn and to Prijatelj himself as a literary critic.