Carola Matthiesen (9 November 1925 in Eslohe – 29 April 2015) was a German educator, librarian, writer and poet.

From 1971 –1987, Mathiesen was first the deputy director and then the president of the Meschede City Library.

She died on 29 April 2015, and was laid to rest in the South Cemetery on Steinstrasse in Meschede.

[2] Carola Matthiesen was a member of the German Haiku Society, the Westphalian Literary Office, the Christian Lavant Society and the Friends of Poetry in Innsbruck, as well as a founding member of the Koch Christian Society.

[3] She has received several national and international awards and prizes.