Posted
on June 12, 2014
If
you know Johanna Spyri's most famous book, Heidi, you will not be
surprised to hear that the author was born in Switzerland.
What
may surprise you is that Spyri wrote Heidi in just four weeks!
Wow!
Spyri
was born as Johanna Heusser on this date in 1827, in a rural
(country, not city) area of Switzerland. The area that appeared in Heidi and several
of Spyri's other novels was the area around Chur, billed as the oldest
town in Switzerland, where she spent several summers.
As
an adult, Spyri lived in a big city, Zurich, but she might have missed
the country – because she wrote many of her stories about people
living out in the countryside.
She
wrote many other stories for adults and kids, besides for Heidi, and Spyri is considered
an icon in Switzerland. She has appeared on postage stamps and on
commemorative coins.
Read
or watch Heidi!
- Here is a source of the book, free online.
Here
is a free audio book, offered on YouTube.
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