Neža Maurer

Neža Maurer Škofič (22 December 1930 – 20 April 2025) was a Slovene poet and writer. She wrote for children, young adults, and adults and worked as a translator, journalist, editor and teacher.

Neža Maurer was born in the village of Podvin near Polzela in 1930. She trained as a teacher in Ljubljana and taught in schools in Črni vrh nad Idrijo and Ilirska Bistrica and, at the same time, got a degree in Slavistics from the University of Ljubljana. She worked as a journalist and program coordinator for youth programs at TV Ljubljana and as a contributor and editor at numerous magazines and journals. She lived in Preddvor and, as a retired artist, continued to be a prolific writer and poet.

In 2010, she received the Poetry Gold Medal for her life's work. Maurer died on 20 April 2025, at the age of 94.