Slovenia - 2026 Slovene Women in the Arts - Zofka Kveder (MNH)
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Zofka Kveder was born in Ljubljana. By the age of eighteen she was already writing short stories and novellas. She wrote articles on the difficult situation of women for the newspaper Slovenski narod. She then lived for several years in Trieste, Bern, Munich and Prague, devoting herself entirely to writing, translating and journalism. Her first book, Misterij žene (The mystery of a woman), published in Prague in 1900, establishedher as one of the leading figures of the Slovene women’s movement. Several more books followed.
She wrote in Slovene, Czech, Croatian and German. For many years she was the editor of the monthly Domači prijatelj, which featured work by established Slovene writers. In 1904 she moved to Zagreb, married and started a family. From 1917 she published the magazine Ženski svet and edited and contributed to numerous other periodicals. She championed women’s equality and independence, encouraging her contemporaries to pursue their professional ambitions and secure their own means of livelihood.