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

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.

[1] He received a number of awards including the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1967 for his novel Gozd in pečina,[2] the Grand Prešeren Award in 1988 for his literary and dramatic opus[3] and the Kresnik Award for his novel Čudežni feliks in 1994.

[4] In 1995 he was made a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.