Herbert Meier (29 August 1928 â 21 September 2018) was a Swiss writer and translator.
Meier studied literature, history of art and philosophy at the universities of Basel, Vienna, Paris and Fribourg.
Since 1955, Meier was a freelance writer in Zurich. He won the Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis in 1964. The main component of his work was translating classical and modern theatre plays from French to German (authors such as Paul Claudel and Georges Schehadé).