Svetlana Slapšak

Svetlana Slapšak (born 18 January 1948 in Belgrade) is a Slovenian anthropologist, classical philologist, writer, and historian. She has authored the books ''Svi Grci nazad! : eseji o helenizmu u novijoj srpskoj književnost (1985), Ogledi o bezbrižnosti : srpski intelektualci, nacionalizam i jugoslovenski rat (1994), Leon in Leonina ali Zgodba o vztrajnosti (1997), Ženske ikone antičkog sveta (2006), Zelje in spolnost : iz zgodovinske antropologije hrane : študija o kultni, ritualni in kulturni vlogi zelja (2013), and Antička miturgija : žene'' (2013). She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.

In 2017, Slapšak has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.