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