Meinrad Lienert (21 May 1865 – 26 December 1933) was a Swiss writer, poet and journalist.

After finishing his studies of law, Lienert became notary in his native town of Einsiedeln.

In 1899 he moved to Zürich where he was initially the editor of the newspaper Die Limmat but later established himself as an independent writer.

Meinrad Lienert published his first stories in Swiss German in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

The most important are: Swiss Tales and Heroic Stories (1914), The King of Euland (1928), The Double Mathias and his Daughters (1929).