Jakob Alešovec

Jakob Alešovec ([ˈjaːkɔp aˈleːʃɔvəts]) (Skaručna, 24 July 1842 – 17 October 1901, Ljubljana) was an ethnic-Slovene Austrian writer and dramatist.

Until 1866 he wrote in German, later in Slovenian. He wrote travelogues, tales, folk plays, and satires. He wrote the first Slovenian detective story.