Maria Grabher-Meyer


Maria Grabher-Meyer was a Liechtensteiner poet and short story writer.

Early life and family

Grabher-Meyer was born in 1898 in Schaan, Liechtenstein. Her parents were Albert Kaufmann and Josepha Kaufmann and she had five siblings. She trained as a substitute teacher and moved to Austria. Grabher-Meyer married Austrian Josef Grabher-Meyer and they had three children together. They were married in 1920 in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Career

Grabher-Meyer wrote poems and short stories based on the memories of her youth in Liechtenstein. Her poems were published in newspapers, including in the Vorarlberger Volkskalender. In 1950 and 1951, two editions of Grabher-Meyer's short story collection Dorf meiner Kindheit were published.
Grabher-Meyer also contributed to Liechtensteiner and Austrian school textbooks.

Death

Grabher-Meyer died on 2 November 1970 in Vorarlberg, Austria.