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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Johanna_SpyriJohanna Spyri - Wikipedia

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   Johanna Louise Spyri (German: [joˈhana ˈʃpiːri]; née Heusser [ˈhɔʏsər]; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi.

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3. spyri-museum.ch › enJohanna Spyri - Spyri-Museum

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   Follow the internationally renounced author's literary traces through the locally dedicated Johanna Spyri Museum, take a look at the house where Hanni (Spyri's childhood nickname) was born and walk to the nearby Spyri grove immersing yourself in the Heidi-founders life.

4. www.swissinfo.ch › eng › life-agingA woman ahead of her times - SWI swissinfo.ch

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   Jun 30, 2008 · The niece of Heidi author Johanna Spyri died broken and alone in a Basel mental asylum. Her Alma Mater, Zurich University, recently unveiled a new monument in her honour: a huge blue chaise ...

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   The original schoolhouse is now the Johanna Spyri Museum. If you have some time left, you can walk up the steep little street, the "Toktergass", by the church and find yourself on the Vordere Höchi by the house where Johanna Spyri was born.

6. www.encyclopedia.com › spyri-johanna-1827-1901Spyri, Johanna (1827–1901) - Encyclopedia.com

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   Spyri, Johanna (1827–1901) Swiss author who changed the course of children's literature for Switzerland and the world with her book Heidi. Name variations: nicknamed "Hanni" and "Hanneli"; first name also spelled Joanna. Pronunciation: Spee-REE.

7. www.myswitzerland.com › johanna-spyri-museumJohanna Spyri Museum - Switzerland Tourism

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   Johanna Spyri Museum. It is not only Heidi’s world, but also that of her creator that you get to know in Zürich’s Hirzel. This is where the little Johanna Louise Heusser went to school. Since 1981 the Johanna Spyri Museum has been located in the “Old School House”.

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   Where is Johanna Spyri Museum?

   • Since 1981 the Johanna Spyri Museum has been located in the “Old School House”. When Johanna Spyri wrote the Heidi books, she was already 53 years old. She had published her first stories just nine years earlier. More than a century later, children from all corners of the globe still devour her books.

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   How can I learn about Johanna Spyri?

   • Come leaf through Johanna Spyri's books, immerse yourself in a Hirzler school lesson from the 1840s, and listen to the author having tea with her son, Bernhard. You might even look over Johanna's shoulder at her writing desk as she works and discover original objects and reproductions of letters and manuscripts.

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   Who was Johanna Heusser Spyri?

   • Johanna Heusser Spyri grew up in a lovely and charming village nestled into the Swiss countryside and later lived as a middle-class housewife in her nation's capital, Zurich. Yet, incredibly, this somewhat ordinary Victorian-era woman altered the direction of children's literature, first for her own country, and then for the world.

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   How old was Johanna Spyri when she wrote the Heidi books?

   • When Johanna Spyri wrote the Heidi books, she was already 53 years old. She had published her first stories just nine years earlier. More than a century later, children from all corners of the globe still devour her books. The author even in her wildest dreams could never have imagined this success.

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   Why should you visit the Johanna Spyri Museum?

   • The Johanna Spyri Museum is suitable for young and old and provides access to more than the well-known knowledge about this dazzling writer: the exhibition illuminates her reserved and humbled dedication to the works beyond the "Heidi" novels, family history and her social commitment. Regular opening days:

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   Who was Bernhard Spyri?

   • One of brother Theodor's chums at gymnasium (high school) frequented the Heusser household on Saturdays, a tall, slender student named Bernhard Spyri. Bernhard shared the family's love of poetry and the theater and joined them in excursions throughout the local countryside.

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9. www.swissinfo.ch › eng › cultureHeidi archives put on UNESCO ‘Memory of the World Register’

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   May 19, 2023 · The Johanna Spyri archives are kept in the library of the ISJM in Zurich, which is open to the public. UNESCO’s Memory of the World programme was established in 1992 to promote the protection of...