Narte Velikonja was a Slovene writer and jurist who lived from 1891 to 1945. Born in Predmeja, he studied law in Vienna and later worked for the provincial government in Ljubljana. He was a significant literary figure, producing poetry and realistic prose that often focused on the psychological struggles of rural laborers and the realities of life on the Trnovo Forest Plateau. During the Second World War, he was involved with the Winter Relief charity and produced literature opposing the Liberation Front.