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.

Haidegger was born to Austrian parents[2] in Dortmund, Germany,[3] and grew up in Upper Austria after World War II.

After getting her Matura diploma, she spent considerable time in England, France, Italy, and the U.S.[5] She worked as a freelance writer from 1964 onward.

[10] After her daughter died in 1989, Haidegger managed the estate[11] and initiated the Meta Merz Literature Prize.

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.