Johanna Spyri
Swiss writer
- Lived
- 1827–1901
- Country
- Switzerland
Updated September 2026
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About Johanna Spyri
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 near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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