Slovene or Slovenian belongs to the group of South Slavic languages. It is spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 2.1 million Slovenian people and is one of the 24 official and working languages of the European Union.
Vladimir Bartol was a writer from the community of Slovene minority in Italy. He is notable for writing his 1938 novel Alamut, the most popular work of Slovene literature around the world, translated into numerous languages.
Boris Pahor is an Italian novelist of Slovene ethnicity best known for his heartfelt descriptions of life as a member of the Slovenian minority in the pre-Second World War increasingly fascist Italy, as well as a Nazi concentration camp survivor. In his novel Necropolis he is visiting the Natzweiler-Struthof camp twenty years after his relocation to Dachau. Following Dachau, he was relocated three more times; to Mittelbau-Dora, Harzungen, and finally to Bergen-Belsen which was liberated on 15 April 1945.
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.
Igor Škamperle is a Slovenian sociologist, cultural theorist, novelist, essayist, mountaineer and translator.
Goran Vojnović is a Slovenian writer, poet, 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novel Southern Scum Go Home which won him numerous awards as well as a lawsuit filed by the Slovenian Police that was withdrawn a day later after media attention and public outrage at police filing charges for a work of fiction brought embarrassment to the Slovenian Ministry of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.
Tone Perčič is a Slovenian writer and translator.
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 known for his poems and has published several volumes of poetry. In 1990 he became a member of the Presidency of Slovenia at a critical time for Slovene independence.
Nejc Gazvoda is a Slovene writer, screenwriter and director. He has published a number of novels and collections of short stories and also has written the scripts for two successful TV dramas and has recently written and directed his first feature film Izlet (2011).
Lado Kralj is a Slovene writer, theatre critic and literary historian. From 1987 to 2005 he worked as a professor in comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and has published and contributed to numerous books on literature and theatre.
Anton Ingolič was a Slovene writer, playwright, and editor. He is best known for his novels and youth literature.
Mate Dolenc is a Slovene writer and translator. He writes novels, collections of short stories, children's books, travelogues and articles.
Rokovnjači is a novel by Slovenian author Josip Jurčič. It was first published in 1881.
