# List of Slovenian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Slovenia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

## A

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

## B

* 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

* Anica Černej (1900–1944), poet, children's writer

## D

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

## G

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

## H

* Milka Hartman (1902–1997), poet

## J

* Vida Jeraj (1860–1932), poet.

## K

* 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

* Vesna Lemaić (born 1981), short story writer, novelist
* Cvetka Lipuš (born 1966), Austrian-born Slovene-language poet

## M

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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