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Also Known As Johanna Heusser
Born June 12, 1827 • Switzerland
Died July 7, 1901 (aged 74) • Zürich • Switzerland
Notable Works “Heidi”

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Johanna Spyri, c. 1865
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Kästner, 1970
Erich Kästner
German author
Karl May
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Felix Salten
Austrian novelist
Hermann Hesse
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Carl Spitteler
Swiss poet
Gottfried Keller, drawing by R. Leemann, 1842; in the Zentralbibliothek, Zürich
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Gotthelf, engraving by C.A. Gonzenbach, after a portrait by J.F. Dietler
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Peter Bichsel
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Robert Walser
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Jakob Schaffner
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Robert Faesi
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Albin Zollinger
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Heinrich Federer
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Albert Steffen
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Alfred Andersch
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Ernst Zahn
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Adolf Frey
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