Johanna Spyri
Swiss writer (1827-1901) · Switzerland · Writers · Died at 74
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Born 12 June 1827 in Hirzel, a rural pocket of canton Zürich, Johanna Heusser spent childhood summers near Chur in Graubünden - alpine valleys that would later furnish the landscape for her fiction. She became Johanna Spyri by marriage and turned to writing novels, including children's stories. Heidi arrived and stuck: the tale of the orphan girl in the mountains found an audience that never let go. She died 7 July 1901, leaving behind a book that outlasted its century.
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