{{Short description|Slovene writer, playwright and theatre director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox writer | name = Andrej Hieng | image = Andrej Hieng.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|2|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Ljubljana, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now in Slovenia | death_date = {{death date and age|2000|1|17|1925|2|17|df=y}} | death_place = Ljubljana, Slovenia | occupation = Writer, playwright, theatre director | nationality = | spouse = | children = | genre = | movement = | notableworks = Čarodej, Obnebje metuljev, Čudežni feliks |awards = {{Awards|Prešeren Award|1988|for his prose and drama works}}{{Awards|Kresnik Award|1994|Čudežni Feliks}} | influences = | influenced = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Andrej Hieng''' (17 February 1925 – 17 January 2000) was a Slovene writer, playwright and theatre director.

Hieng was born in Ljubljana in 1925. He studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Ljubljana between 1948 and 1952 and worked as a theatre director in Kranj, Celje and Ljubljana. As well as his plays, he is also known for his novels and short stories.<ref>Helga Glušič, ''Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov'' (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, 1996) {{ISBN|961-6186-21-3}}</ref>

He received a number of awards including the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1967 for his novel ''Gozd in pečina'',<ref>[http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Podrocja/Preseren/dosedanji_nagrajenci/Presernovega_sklada_1962-2011.pdf Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> the Grand Prešeren Award in 1988 for his literary and dramatic opus<ref>[http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Podrocja/Preseren/dosedanji_nagrajenci/Presernove_nagrade1947-2011.pdf Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the Kresnik Award for his novel ''Čudežni feliks'' in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/drustvo_slovenskih_pisateljev/prireditve_nagrade/151/detail.html |title=Slovene Writers' Association site |language=Slovenian |work=Slovene writers' portal: Kresnik Award |publisher=DSP Slovene Writers' Association |accessdate=8 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114224604/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/drustvo_slovenskih_pisateljev/prireditve_nagrade/151/detail.html |archivedate=14 November 2011 }}</ref> In 1995 he was made a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.<ref>[http://www.sazu.si/o-sazu/clani/umrli.html Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts site, list of deceased members (in Slovene)]</ref> He died in Ljubljana in 2000.

==List of works==

* ''Novele'', short stories, (1954) * ''Usodni rob'', short stories, (1957) * ''Planota'', short stories, (1961) * ''Gozd in pečina'', novel, (1966) * ''Orfeum'', novel, (1972) * ''Čarodej'', novel, (1976) * ''Obnebje metuljev'', novel, (1980) * ''Čudežni feliks'', novel, (1993)

==Plays==

* ''Cortesova vrnitev'', drama (1969) * ''Burleska o Grku'', drama (1969) * ''Gluhi mož na meji'', drama (1969) * ''Osvajalec'', drama (1971) * ''Lažna Ivana'', comedy (1973) * ''Izgubljeni sin'', comedy (1976) * ''Večer ženinov'', drama (1979) * ''Krvava ptica'', comedy (1980) * ''Nori malar'', comedy (1980) * ''Dež v Piranu'', drama (1982) * ''Zakladi gospe Berte'', drama (1983) * ''Mark in Antonij'', drama (1983)

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== *[http://www.modrijan.si/slv/Knjizni-program/Knjizni-program/Avtorji/E-I/HiengAndrej Biography (in Slovene) on publisher's site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402184348/http://www.modrijan.si/slv/Knjizni-program/Knjizni-program/Avtorji/E-I/HiengAndrej |date=2 April 2012 }}

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