WRITER

Zofka Kveder

1878 - 1926

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Zofka Kveder (22 April 1878 – 21 November 1926) was a writer, playwright, translator and journalist who wrote in Slovene, German and later in life also in Croatian. She is considered one of the first Slovene women writers and feminists. Kveder was born in Ljubljana and spent most of her childhood in rural Lower Carniola before she was sent to a convent school in Ljubljana. In 1897 she found work in Ljubljana. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zofka Kveder is the 5,524th most popular writer (up from 5,581st in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 104th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Slovene Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zofka Kveder ranks 5,524 out of 7,302Before her are Joanne Harris, Amira Hass, Zeruya Shalev, Betje Wolff, David Weber, and Aya Kitō. After her are William Tenn, Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Val McDermid, Lydia Maria Child, Xaviera Hollander, and Shankha Ghosh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Zofka Kveder ranks 217Before her are Karel van de Woestijne, María Guadalupe García Zavala, Albert Corey, Maximos IV Sayegh, Wollmar Boström, and George M. Cohan. After her are William C. deMille, John Masefield, Robert Warwick, Léon Thiébaut, Elvia Carrillo Puerto, and Harold Hackett. Among people deceased in 1926, Zofka Kveder ranks 113Before her are Paul Matschie, Helen Allingham, José María Orellana, Anatole Le Braz, Antonius van den Broek, and Albert Corey. After her are Charles Montagu Doughty, Emily Hobhouse, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Sidney Lee, Patrick Leahy, and Annie Speirs.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Zofka Kveder ranks 109 out of 340Before her are Luiza Pesjak (1828), Eva Sršen (1951), Marko Elsner (1960), Slavko Vinčić (1979), Aloysius Ambrozic (1930), and Giovanni Delise (1907). After her are Albin Planinc (1944), Dimitrij Rupel (1946), Maksimilijan Mihelčič (1905), Josip Jurčič (1844), Josipina Turnograjska (1833), and Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871).

Among WRITERS In Slovenia

Among writers born in Slovenia, Zofka Kveder ranks 19Before her are Louis Adamic (1898), Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806), Fran Levstik (1831), Anton Aškerc (1856), Constantin von Wurzbach (1818), and Luiza Pesjak (1828). After her are Josip Jurčič (1844), Josipina Turnograjska (1833), Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871), Ivan Tavčar (1851), Kristina Brenk (1911), and Svetlana Makarovič (1939).