List of Slovenian women writers
Appearance
This is a list of women writers who were born in Slovenia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
[edit]- Vera Albreht (1895–1971), poet, children's writer, translator
B
[edit]- Gabriela Babnik (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 (1946–1997), poet, novelist
- Kristina Brenk (1911–2009), children's writer, poet, translator
C
[edit]- Anica Černej (1900–1944), poet, children's writer
D
[edit]- Elvira Dolinar (1870–1961), journalist, novelist, feminist
G
[edit]- Alenka Goljevšček (1933–2017), playwright, young adult writer, essayist
- Berta Golob (born 1932), children's writer, poet
H
[edit]- Milka Hartman (1902–1997), poet
J
[edit]- Vida Jeraj (1860–1932), poet.[1]
K
[edit]- Alma Karlin (1889–1950), travel writer, poet, novelist, writing mainly in German
- Jana Kolarič (born 1954), poet, playwright, novelist and translator.
- Barbara Korun (born 1963), leading contemporary poet
- Tita Kovač Artemis (1930–2016), biographer, novelist
- Taja Kramberger (born 1970), poet, essayist, translator
- Maruša Krese (1947–2013), poet, short story writer, journalist
- Mojca Kumerdej (born 1964), short story writer, novelist, critic
- Meta Kušar (born 1952), poet, essayist
- Zofka Kveder (1878–1926), early Slovene-language woman writer, short story writer, playwright, journalist, feminist
L
[edit]- Vesna Lemaić (born 1981), short story writer, novelist
- Cvetka Lipuš (born 1966), Austrian-born Slovene-language poet
M
[edit]- Svetlana Makarovič (born 1939), acclaimed poet, children's writer, actress
- Katarina Marinčič (born 1968), novelist, short story writer
- Neža Maurer (born 1930), poet, children's and young adults' writer
- Mira Mihelič (1912–1985), novelist, translator
- Jana Milčinski (1920–2007), novelist, children's writer, journalist, translator
N
[edit]- Marica Nadlišek Bartol (1867–1940), essayist, short story writer, editor
- Lela B. Njatin (born 1953), novelist, artist
- Lili Novy (1885–1958), acclaimed poet, poetry translator
P
[edit]- Pavlina Pajk (1854–1901), novelist, essayist, biographer, feminist
- Alenka Puhar (born 1945), biographer, non-fiction writer, journalist, translator
- Benka Pulko (born 1967), photographer, travel writer, children's writer, journalist
S
[edit]- Ifigenija Zagoričnik Simonović, poet, essayist, children's writer
- Simona Škrabec (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 (born 1969), children's writer, poet
T
[edit]- Zora Tavčar (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
V
[edit]- Saša Vegri (1934–2010), poet, young adults writer
- Maja Vidmar (born 1961), poet
- Angela Vode (1892–1985), feminist writer, autobiographer
- Marija Vojskovič (1915–1997), short story writer, children's writer
- Erika Vouk (born 1941), poet, translator
Z
[edit]- 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
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Šelih, Alenka; Antić, Milica G.; Puhar, Alenka; Rener, Tanja; Šuklje, Rapa; Verginella, Marta (2012). Pozabljena polovica: portreti žensk 19. in 20. stoletja na Slovenskem [The Forgotten Half: Portraits of Women of the 19th and 20th Centuries in Slovenia] (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: SAZU. p. 149. ISBN 978-9-61668-201-5.