Slovene literature

[1] There are accounts that cite the existence of an oral literary tradition that preceded the Slovene written literature.

In the second half of the 16th century, Slovene became known to other European languages with the multilingual dictionary, compiled by Hieronymus Megiser.

Intimism (Slovene: intimizem) was a poetic movement, the main themes of which were love, disappointment and suffering and the projection of poet's inner feelings onto nature.

The climax of Intimism was achieved in 1953 with a collection of poetry titled Poems of the Four (Pesmi štirih), written by Janez Menart, Ciril Zlobec, Kajetan Kovič and Tone Pavček.

[9] An often neglected female counterpart to the four was Ada Škerl, whose subjective and pessimistic poetic sentiment was contrary to the post-war revolutionary demands in the People's Republic of Slovenia.

The Freising Manuscripts , dating from the 10th century, most probably written in upper Carinthia , are the oldest surviving documents in Slovene .
Protestant preacher Primož Trubar , author of the first printed book in Slovene
The Sower (1907) by the Impressionist painter Ivan Grohar is a metaphor for the Slovenes as a vigorous nation in front of an uncertain future [ 2 ] and a nation that sows in order that it could harvest. [ 3 ]