Neža Maurer Škofič (born 22 December 1930) is a Slovene poet and writer.

[1] Neža Maurer was born in the village of Podvin near Polzela in 1930.

She trained as a teacher in Ljubljana and taught in schools in Črni vrh nad Idrijo and Ilirska Bistrica and, at the same time, got a degree in Slavistics from the University of Ljubljana.

She lives in Preddvor and, as a retired artist, continues to be a prolific writer and poet.

In 2010 she received the Poetry Gold Medal for her life's work.