Marjan Rožanc (21 November 1930 – 18 September 1990) was a Slovenian author, playwright, and journalist. He is mostly known for his essays, and is considered one of the foremost essayists in Slovene, along with Ivan Cankar, Jože Javoršek, and Drago Jančar, and as a great master of style. In 1990, he actively supported the candidature of Jože Pučnik as President of Slovenia, but he never joined any political party or organization. He died in Ljubljana. In 1993, the Rožanc Award for the best essay in Slovene was named after him.