Maria Grabher-Meyer
Maria Grabher-Meyer (née Kaufmann; 10 January 1898 – 2 November 1970) was a Liechtensteiner poet and short story writer.
Early life and family
[edit]Grabher-Meyer was born in 1898 in Schaan, Liechtenstein.[1][2] Her parents were Albert Kaufmann and Josepha Kaufmann (née Grabher) and she had five siblings.[1] She trained as a substitute teacher and moved to Austria.[1] Grabher-Meyer married Austrian Josef Grabher-Meyer and they had three children together. They were married in 1920 in Vorarlberg, Austria.[2]
Career
[edit]Grabher-Meyer wrote poems and short stories based on the memories of her youth in Liechtenstein.[1][2] Her poems were published in newspapers, including in the Vorarlberger Volkskalender.[1] In 1950 and 1951, two editions of Grabher-Meyer's short story collection Dorf meiner Kindheit (Village of My Childhood) were published.[3][4]
Grabher-Meyer also contributed to Liechtensteiner and Austrian school textbooks.[1]
Death
[edit]Grabher-Meyer died on 2 November 1970 in Vorarlberg, Austria.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Hürlimann, Josef (31 December 2021). "Grabher-Meyer, Maria". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ a b c Müller, Wolfgang (1981). Das Fürstentum Liechtenstein: ein landeskundliches Portrait (in German). Konkordia. p. 256. ISBN 978-3-7826-0050-7.
- ^ "Liechtenstein's Literary Scene". Literatursalon.li. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ "Maria Grabher-Meyer 10. Januar 1898 bis 2. November 1969". Mitteilungsblatt der Liechtensteinischen Trachtenvereinigung (Newsletter of the Liechtenstein Traditional Costume Association). 14: 5. 1997. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
