Markus Hediger (born 31 March 1959) is a Swiss writer and translator.

In 1979 he met there the Lebanese poet and playwright Georges Schehadé who opened to him new poetical horizons and whom he visited regularly until his death in 1989.

In Switzerland he became friends with the writers Erika Burkart, Hugo Loetscher, Alice Rivaz and Walter Vogt.

In 1996 Markus Hediger published his first book of poetry, Ne retournez pas la pierre.

This was followed by En deçà de la lumière in 2009 and Dans le cendrier du temps in 2022.