The first documented trace of a language recognised by experts as Slovene is represented by five manuscripts, the oldest of them being the Freising Texts from late 10^th century. But since these earliest records in Slovene served purely ecclesiastical or legal purposes, they are not given a place in our anthology beyond the present note, despite their crucial role in establishing the Slovene historical identity. Fragments from Slovene Literature thus opens with Prešeren’s Romantic retelling of the folk song of the Fair Vida. […] The selection of texts is therefore highly fragmentary, omitting many authors whose artistic quality and deliberate commitment produced and preserved Slovene literature in the earlier periods, as well as a number of contemporary writers whose works reveal the ramification of contemporary Slovene literature into a variety of specific “minority discourses”.

From the preface by Vanesa Matajc

Authors presented in the anthology

Louis Adamič, Anton Aškerc, France Balantič, Vladimir Bartol, France Bevk, Andrej Blatnik, Adam Bohorič, Berta Bojetu, Matej Bor, Igor Bratož, Andrej Brvar, Ivan Cankar, Izidor Cankar, Ivan Cankar, Aleš Čar, Primož Čučnik, Aleš Debeljak, Milan Dekleva, Karel Destovnik Kajuh, Mate Dolenc, Janko Ferk, Evald Flisar, Iztok Geister Plamen, Janko Glazer, Goran Gluvić, Alojz Gradnik, Niko Grafenauer, Slavko Grum, Maja Haderlap, Milka Hartman, Andrej Hieng, Alojz Ihan, Andrej Inkret, Drago Jančar, Gustav Januš, Miran Jarc, Urban Jarnik, Simon Jenko, Milan Jesih, Dušan Jovanović, Josip Jurčič, Mila Kačič, Vladimir Kavčič, Janko Kersnik, Dragotin Kette, Milan Kleč, Edvard Kocbek, Andrej Kokot, Miklavž Komelj, Barbara Korun, Vladimir Kos, Ciril Kosmač, Srečko Kosovel, Miran Košuta, Miroslav Košuta, Lojze Kovačič, Kajetan Kovič, Primož Kozak, Lojze Krakar, Taja Kramberger, Miško Kranjec, Marko Kravos, Zofka Kveder, Feri Lainšček, Fran Levstik, Florjan Lipuš, Mimi Malenšek, Andrej Medved, Janez Menart, Dušan Merc, Mira Mihelič, Miloš Mikeln, Ivan Minatti, Andrej Morovič, Brane Mozetič, Josip Murn Aleksandrov, Maja Novak, Boris A. Novak, Lili Novy, Iztok Osojnik, Josip Osti, Jani Oswald, Boris Pahor, Tone Pavček, Tone Peršak, Žarko Petan, Nedeljka Pirjevec, Anton Podbevšek, Ivan Pregelj, France Prešeren, Alojz Rebula, Primož Repar, Ivan Rob, Marjan Rožanc, Tomaž Šalamun, Rudi Šeligo, Peter Semolič, Zorko Simčič, Igor Škamperle, Ada Škerl, Andrej E. Skubic, Dominik Smole, Aleš Šteger, Josip Stritar, Lucija Stupica, Ivo Svetina, Veno Taufer, Vida Taufer, Janez Trdina, Primož Trubar, Jože Udovič, Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Saša Vegri, Maja Vidmar, Anton Vodnik, Božo Vodušek, Erika Vouk, Vlado Žabot, Dane Zajc, Ciril Zlobec, Uroš Zupan, Vitomil Zupan, Oton Župančič, Beno Zupančič