Vito Flaker (1955) is a Professor at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana. His fields of work include social work, community mental health, drugs and addiction, long-term care, deinstitutionalisation, social work methods, action research, social innovations and qualitative methods, involving users and empowerment.

Vitomil Zupan (1914–1987) was one of the most extraordinary and charismatic Slovenian artists of the 20th century. A writer, poet, playwright, screenwriter and essayist, he left an indelible mark on literature while also making notable contributions in the fields of film, TV and radio. His restless spirit took him to places all over the world and into all sorts of jobs and activities: he was a sailor, a boxer and a skiing instructor, as well as a culture editor and painter. He was a prisoner at two concentration camps and joined the partisan movement after the capitulation of Italy. After the war, he was sentenced at a show trial to 18 years of prison and forbidden to write, however, his sentence was commuted after seven years. He began writing again, initially under a pseudonym, and remained an independent writ- er until his death. Zupan received several awards for his writing, among them two Prešeren Awards, Slovenia’s highest award for artistic achievement: the first in 1947, the year when the Prešeren Awards were instituted, and the second in 1984, for lifetime achievement.

Zoja Skušek (1947–2019), was a Slovenian editor, translator and theatre researcher. She studied world literature and French language and literature at the UL Faculty of Arts, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in dramaturgy at the UL AGRFT in 1978. She also studied at universities in Paris and Berkley. She was a long-time editor of the Studia Humanitatis book series. In 1997, she started the Založba /*cf. and led it until 2019.

Zoran Hočevar (1944) studied first at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. His works are set in the present, he narrates stories of ordinary people, using colloquial language that includes current witticisms and profanities, and loves irony. His novel Mr. Shoeman from Breg won the 1998 Kresnik Award and his tragedy I’ll Kill Ya! the 2011 Grum Award for the best new Slovenian play.