Oton Župančič was a Slovene poet, translator, and playwright. He is regarded, alongside Ivan Cankar, Dragotin Kette and Josip Murn, as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature. In the period following World War I, Župančič was frequently regarded as the greatest Slovenian poet after Prešeren, but in the last forty years his influence has been declining and his poetry has lost much of its initial appeal.
Matej Bor was the pen name of Vladimir Pavšič, who was a Slovene poet, translator, playwright, journalist, and Partisan.
Dominik Smole was a Slovenian writer and playwright.
Alojz Rebula was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, and translator, and a prominent member of the Slovene minority in Italy. He lived and worked in Villa Opicina in the Province of Trieste, Italy. He was a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Marko Kravos is a Slovene poet, writer, essayist and translator from Trieste, Italy.
Svetlana Makarovič is a Slovenian writer of prose, poetry, children's books, and picture books, and is also an actress, illustrator and chanteuse. She has been called "The First Lady of Slovenian poetry." She is also noted for borrowing from Slovenian folklore to tell stories of rebellious and independent women. She is well-known adult and youth author. Her works for youth have become a part of modern classic and youth canon, which both hold a special place in history of the Slovenian youth literature. She won the Levstik Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2011.
Goran Vojnović is a Slovenian writer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his 2008 novel Southern Scum Go Home which won him numerous awards as well as a lawsuit filed by the Slovenian Police that was withdrawn a day later after media attention and public outrage at police filing charges for a work of fiction brought embarrassment to the Slovenian Ministry of Interior.
Andrej Hieng was a Slovene writer, playwright and theatre director.
Vlado Žabot is a Slovene writer and journalist. He was president of the Slovene Writers' Association for two terms between 2003 and 2007.
Andrej Ermenc Skubic is a Slovene writer, playwright, and translator.
Milan Dekleva is a Slovene poet, writer, playwright, composer and journalist.
Emil Filipčič is a Slovene writer, playwright and actor. He is known for his novels, short stories and dramas and has also appeared as an actor in numerous theatre productions in Slovenia.
Ciril Zlobec was a Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and former politician. He is best remembered for his poems, publishing several volumes of poetry in his lifetime. In 1990 he became a member of the Presidency of Slovenia at a critical time for Slovene independence.
Milan Jesih is a Slovene poet, playwright, and translator. He was the president of the Slovene Writers' Association between 2009 and 2011.
Anton Ingolič was a Slovene writer, playwright, and editor. He is best known for his novels and youth literature.
Ivo Svetina is a Slovene poet, playwright and translator. He has won numerous awards for his plays and poetry collections. In 1998 he was appointed Director of the National Theatre Museum of Slovenia. In 2014 he was elected President of the Slovene Writers' Association.
Ivan Minatti was a Slovene poet, translator, and editor. He started writing poetry before World War II, but principally belongs to the first postwar generation of Slovene poets. He is one of the best representatives of Slovene Intimism.
Vinko Möderndorfer is a Slovene writer, poet, playwright and theatre and film director.
Mate Dolenc is a Slovene writer and translator. He writes novels, collections of short stories, children's books, travelogues and articles.
Jani Virk is a Slovene writer, poet, translator and editor. He writes poetry, short stories, essays, novels and scripts and translates from German into Slovene.
