Johanna Spyri

  • Known for: Writer
  • Date of birth: 1827. June 12.
  • Place of birth: Hirzel [now Horgen], Zürich, Switzerland

Johanna Louise Spyri (née Heusser; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the sett...

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