Johanna Spyri
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Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers nea
Spyri, 1879
Gravesite at Sihlfeld cemetery in Zurich
Meta Heusser-Schweizer
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Meta Heusser-Schweizer was a Swiss poet. Born in Hirzel as the niece of Georg Gessner, she wrote several collections of poems associated with the Württemberg Pietism movement. She was the mother of Jo
Johanna Spyri
…of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels. Spyri was the daughter of poet Meta Heusser-Schweizer. In 1852, Johanna Heusser married a lawyer named Bernhard Spyri. Whilst living in the city of Zürich she began to write about life in the country. Her…
Meta Heusser Schweizer 1797 1876