Christine Haidegger

Christine Haidegger (27 February 1942 – 5 December 2021) was an Austrian poet and writer whose memoir Zum Fenster hinaus was translated into English as Mama Dear. She was influential in the Salzburg literary scene.

Biography Haidegger was born to Austrian parents in Dortmund, Germany, She lived in Salzburg since the mid-1950s. After getting her Matura diploma, she spent considerable time in England, France, Italy, and the U.S. Her first novel Zum Fenster hinaus describes a post-war childhood in Austria. Haidegger founded the (SAG) and was honorary member. She was also significantly involved in the development of the . Haidegger published numerous novels, short stories, travelogues, plays and poems.

Personal life Haidegger was married to Eberhard Haidegger. They had a daughter, Christina-Maria, who also became a writer and published under the pen name . and initiated the Meta Merz Literature Prize.

Haidegger died on 5 December 2021, at the age of 79.

Works Haidegger published works of many genres, and edited works by her daughter Meta Merz. The jury of the Salzburg Poetry Award wrote in 2005 that her texts render convincingly both snapshots of seasons, nature and life, and existential experiences such as grief, loneliness, time and transience in an unpretentious language particularly distinguished by its apparent simplicity and careful imagery. ("")

Entzauberte Gesichte. Poetry. Darmstadt: Bläschke, 1976. Zum Fenster hinaus. Eine Nachkriegskindheit. Novel. Reinbek: Rowohlt, 1979. Adam / Adam. Novel. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Staatsdruckerei, 1985. Atem. Stille. Poetry. Baden: Grasl, 1993. Schöne Landschaft. Collected prose. Salzburg: edition prolit, 1993. Amerikanische Verwunderung. Skizzenbuch zu einem Aufenthalt. Short prose. Vienna: Wiener Frauenverlag, 1993. Cajuns, Cola, Cadillac. American Sightseeing. Vienna: Milena, 1997. Weiße Nächte. Poetry. Baden near Vienna: Grasl, 2002. Mama Dear. English, translation of Zum Fenster hinaus. Riverside (CA), 2002.

Herz. Landschaft. Licht. Poetry. Salzburg: Otto Müller, 2009. Translation into German of poetry "Riflessione" by Fabio Recchia, Levico (Italian), 2009. Texas Travels. Travel narratives. Vienna: Der Apfel, 2010. Herzland. Poetry CD, 2013. Zum Fenster hinaus. Eine Nachkriegskindheit. Reissued. Salzburg, Vienna: Otto Müller Verlag, 2016. Nach dem Fest. Stories. Salzburg, Vienna: Otto Müller Verlag, 2018.

As editor Source: 2012 City seal in silver of Salzburg