Maria Beig (8 October 1920 – 3 September 2018) was a German school teacher and author.
Beig was born on 8 October 1920[1] near Lake Constance in the German region of Swabia.
[1] While it was unpopular in her home region of Swabia,[2] it did win the Alemannischer Literaturpreis in 1983.
[3] Her second novel Hochzeitlose (Lost Weddings) was published in 1983[1] and follows four women from Swabia during the World War I and II.
It is set out as four novellas, each focusing on a different woman; Babette, Helene, Klara and Martha, and their refusal to marry.