This is a list of women writers who were born in

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

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* Vera Albreht (1895–1971), poet, children's writer, translator

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Gabriela Babnik Gabriela Babnik (born 1979) is a Slovene writer, literary critic and translator. She has published three novels and her journalistic literary and film criticism regularly appears in national newspapers and magazines in Slovenia. Babnik was bor ...

(born 1979), novelist, critic, translator * Mária Bajzek Lukács (born 1960), Hungarian-born Slovene-language writer, educator, editor, translator * Cvetka Bevc (born 1960), poet, prose writer, children's writer, playwright *

Berta Bojetu Berta Bojetu (also Berta Bojetu Boeta; 7 February 1946 – 16 March 1997) was a Slovene writer, poet and actress. Life Bojetu was born in Maribor in 1946. She studied at the Faculty of Education at the University of Ljubljana and at the Acade ...

(1946–1997), poet, novelist * Kristina Brenk (1911–2009), children's writer, poet, translator

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Anica Černej Anica Černej (3 April 1900, in Čadram, Oplotnica – 3 May 1944, in Neubrandenburg) was a Slovenes, Slovene author and poet. Career Černej worked at college of education in Ljubljana, where her main interests were social and pedagogical subjec ...

(1900–1944), poet, children's writer

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* Elvira Dolinar (1870–1961), journalist, novelist, feminist

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* Alenka Goljevšček (1933–2017), playwright, young adult writer, essayist * Berta Golob (born 1932), children's writer, poet

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Milka Hartman Milka Hartman (11 February 1902 – 9 June 1997) was a Slovenian poet. She worked as a teacher for home economics in Slovenia and Carinthia Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost Austrian state, in the Eastern A ...

(1902–1997), poet

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* Vida Jeraj (1860–1932), poet.

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* Alma Karlin (1889–1950), travel writer, poet, novelist, writing mainly in German *

Jana Kolarič Jana Kolarič (born 17 September 1954) is a Slovene author and translator. She is the author of plays and novels for both children and adults, and has been recognised as an exceptional artist by the Ministry of Culture. She has won a number of lit ...

(born 1954), poet, playwright, novelist and translator. *

Barbara Korun Barbara Korun (born 1963) is a Slovene poet. She is one of the leading figures in the generation of radical young women poets in Slovenia and her poems have also been translated into English and published in the USA and Ireland (translated by Th ...

(born 1963), leading contemporary poet * Tita Kovač Artemis (1930–2016), biographer, novelist *

Taja Kramberger Taja Kramberger (born 11 September 1970) is a Slovenian poet, translator, essayist and historical anthropologist from Slovenia. She lives in France. Biography Early life and education Kramberger was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Kramberger ...

(born 1970), poet, essayist, translator * Maruša Krese (1947–2013), poet, short story writer, journalist *

Mojca Kumerdej Mojca Kumerdej (born 1964) is a Slovene writer, philosopher and critic. She works as the cultural chronicler for the daily newspaper ''Delo''. Biography Kumerdej graduated in philosophy and sociology of culture from the University of Ljublja ...

(born 1964), short story writer, novelist, critic * Meta Kušar (born 1952), poet, essayist *

Zofka Kveder Zofka Kveder (22 April 1878 – 21 November 1926) was a writer, playwright, translator and journalist who wrote in Slovene and later in life also in Croatian. She is considered one of the first Slovene women writers and feminists. Kveder was b ...

(1878–1926), early Slovene-language woman writer, short story writer, playwright, journalist, feminist

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* Vesna Lemaić (born 1981), short story writer, novelist *

Cvetka Lipuš Cvetka Lipuš (born 1966) is an Austrian poet writing in Slovenian language, Slovenian. She was born in Bad Eisenkappel in the Austrian state of Carinthia (state), Carinthia and is the daughter of the Carinthian Slovenes, Carinthian Slovenian au ...

(born 1966), Austrian-born Slovene-language poet

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* Svetlana Makarovič (born 1939), acclaimed poet, children's writer, actress *

Katarina Marinčič Katarina Marinčič (born 25 June 1968) is a Slovene writer and literary historian. She has a PhD in French literature and teaches and is a member of the Senate at the Arts Faculty at the University of Ljubljana. In 2002 Marinčič won the Kre ...

(born 1968), novelist, short story writer * Neža Maurer (born 1930), poet, children's and young adults' writer *

Mira Mihelič Mira Mihelič, also known as Mira Kramer Puc (14 July 1912 – 4 September 1985) was a Yugoslav writer and translator. Biography Mira Mihelič was born in Split (city), Split on 14 July 1912, then Austria-Hungary (now in Croatia) as Mira Kramer. ...

(1912–1985), novelist, translator * Jana Milčinski (1920–2007), novelist, children's writer, journalist, translator

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Marica Nadlišek Bartol Marica Nadlišek Bartol (February 10, 1867 – January 3, 1940) was a Slovenian writer and editor. From 1897 to 1899, she served as founding editor of the influential women's journal ''Slovenka''. Forced to flee her home city of Trieste in 1919 ...

(1867–1940), essayist, short story writer, editor * Lela B. Njatin (born 1953), novelist, artist *

Lili Novy Lili Novy née Haumeder (24 December 1885 – 7 March 1958) was a Slovene poet and translator of poetry. She is considered the first Slovene female lyric poet as well as one of the most important Slovene female poets in general. Biography She wa ...

(1885–1958), acclaimed poet, poetry translator

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* Pavlina Pajk (1854–1901), novelist, essayist, biographer, feminist *

Alenka Puhar Alenka Puhar (born 4 February 1945) is a Slovenian journalist, author, translator, and historian. In 1982, she wrote a groundbreaking psychohistory-inspired book ''"The Primal Text of Life"'' (in Slovene: ''Prvotno besedilo življenja'') about t ...

(born 1945), biographer, non-fiction writer, journalist, translator * Benka Pulko (born 1967), photographer, travel writer, children's writer, journalist

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* Ifigenija Zagoričnik Simonović, poet, essayist, children's writer *

Simona Škrabec Simona Škrabec (Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1968) is a Slovene literary critic, essayist and translator who lives and works in Barcelona. She spent her childhood in the small town of Ribnica in the region of Lower Carniola. She has lived in Barcelona ...

(born 1968), critic, columnist, essayist, translator, writing mainly in Spanish and Catalan * Breda Smolnikar (born 1941), novelist, young adults writer * Katja Špur (1908–1991), poet, columnist, children's writer *

Anja Štefan Anja Štefan ( Rijeka, 3 August 1988) is a Croatian snowboarder. Most recently she won the silver medal in the Slopestyle at the 2010–11 FIS Snowboard World Cup The 2010–11 FIS Snowboard World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season ...

(born 1969), children's writer, poet

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Zora Tavčar Zora Tavčar (born 2 October 1928) is a Slovene writer, essayist and translator, living in Opicina (Slovenian: Opčine) in the suburbs of Trieste, Italy. She was married to a notable member of the Slovene minority in Italy, writer Alojz Rebula. ...

(born 1928), poet, short story writer, essayist, translator * Josipina Turnograjska, pen name of Josipina Urbančič, (1833–1854), early Slovene-language letter writer, short story writer

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* Saša Vegri (1934–2010), poet, young adults writer * Maja Vidmar (born 1961), poet *

Angela Vode Angela Vode (; 5 January 1892 – 5 May 1985) was a Slovenian pedagogue, Feminism, feminist author and human rights activist. An early member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, she was expelled from the Party in 1939 because of criticism agains ...

(1892–1985), feminist writer, autobiographer * Marija Vojskovič (1915–1997), short story writer, children's writer * Erika Vouk (born 1941), poet, translator

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* Zdenka Žebre (1920–2011), novelist, children's writer, autobiographical works about Africa * Irena Žerjal (born 1940), poet, novelist, translator * Bina Štampe Žmavc (born 1951), poet, playwright, children's writer * Svetlana Žuchová (born 1976), novelist, short story writer, translator * Katka Zupančič (1889–1967), children's poet, short story writer, playwright

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