Fran Milčinski (3 December 1867 – 24 October 1932), also known by the pen name Fridolin Žolna, was a Slovene lawyer, writer and playwright.

In these works he ridicules the Slovene petty bourgeoisie and makes fun of bureaucracy, along with the political and cultural situations in which he himself grew up.

His books Tolovaj Mataj and Ptički brez gnezda were published in 1917, and Gospodična Mici in 1930 in which he remarks upon the misconducts in family education, and warns about child neglect.

Besides those, he also wrote plays (Brat sokol, Cigani, Kjer ljubezen, tam Bog, Krapn mlajši).

In Življenjepis mojega peresa ("Biography of My Quill") Milčinski wrote that he drew inspiration from his favorite writers such as Dostoyevsky, Dickens and Twain.

Although Milčinski was born in a time of naturalism and realism, he was active during the early 20th century Slovenian contemporary period as well.