Johanna Spyri (1827–1901)
Author of Heidi
About the Author
Johanna Spyri was born in the village of Hirzel, Switzerland on June 12, 1827. She was tutored at home and attended school both at home and in Zurich. She married Bernhard Spyri, a lawyer, in 1852 and moved to Zurich. She wrote her first story, A Leaf on Vrony's Grave, in 1871. She wrote numerous show more stories for both children and adults, but her most famous work was Heidi, which was published in 1880. Both her husband and son died in 1884. She spent her remaining years writing, raising her niece, and doing charity work. She died on July 7, 1901. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Johanna Spyri
Heidi 807 copies
Heidi 53 copies
Heidi, a Menina dos Alpes. Tempo de Viajar e Aprender - Volume 1 (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2017) 9 copies
Heidi, a story for children 9 copies
Heidi (A Story for Children) 8 copies
Heidi 8 copies
Wo Gritlis Kinder hingekommen sind. Eine Geschichte für Kinder und solche, die Kinder lieb haben (1920) 7 copies
In the Swiss mountains 5 copies
Heidi 5 copies
Chel; a story of the Swiss mountains 5 copies
heidi 4 copies
The Story of HEIDI. A Golden Press Book based on the story by Johanna Spyri. Book # 6084. (1968) 4 copies
J. Spyri. Heidi : . Adaptation d'Élisabeth Ciccione. Illustrations de Marianne Clouzot (1963) 4 copies
Heidi, a Menina dos Alpes. Tempo de Usar o que Aprendeu - Volume 2 (Em Portuguese do Brasil) 3 copies
Heidi (New Colour Classics) 3 copies
Heidi à Paris 3 copies
アルプスの山の娘 : ハイヂ 3 copies
Peppino 3 copies
Heidi en Peter 3 copies
Kornelli 3 copies
Waldi en kasteel Wildenstein 3 copies
De kleine Heidi 3 copies
Heidi 3 copies
Heidi [Motion picture] 3 copies
Heidi-bøkene 3 copies
HEIDI 3 copies
Heidi: Four Adventures based on Johanna Spyri's classic tale - A Terrifying Grandfather, Grandmother's Old Chalet,… (1986) 3 copies
Heidi, fetita muntilor 2 copies
HEIDI 2 copies
Heidi. Coppenraths Kinderklassiker 2 copies
Companion Library 2-in-1 books set of 3: Kidnapped & Tom Sawyer, Detective; Alice in Wonderland and Through the… — Author — 2 copies
Heidi ist glücklich 2 copies
The children's carol 2 copies
Gritlis Kinder kommen weiter 2 copies
Hajdi 2 copies
Ein goldener Spruch 2 copies
Heidi und Gritli 2 copies
Heidi 2 copies
Heidi 2 copies
Sami and the Birds 2 copies
Heïdi : La merveilleuse histoire d'une fille de la montagne : Traduction nouvelle : Cartonnée & illustrée en… (1950) 2 copies
Kornelli og feriedrengen 2 copies
Kleine Heidi 2 copies
Heidi's jeugdjaren 2 copies
Heidi in de stad 3 2 copies
Das goldene Spyri-Buch 2 copies
Heidi. Edited with Introduction, Notes, (Questions and Themes, and Vocabulary in English) (1933) 1 copy
Trineli und: Gott zum Freunde. Zwei Erzählungen für junge Mädchen. Neubearbeitet von Walter Heichen.… (1950) 1 copy
Heidi kehrt heim 1 copy
Heidi in Londen 1 copy
Heidi Spanisch 1 copy
Elsli 1 copy
Das bunte Heidi-Buch 1 copy
El lago de los ensueños 1 copy
Rósalín 1 copy
Children's Classics Heidi 1 copy
Heath's Modern Language Series : Spyri's Moni der Geissbub — Writer — 1 copy
Eveli and Beni 1 copy
Heidi in der großen Stadt 1 copy
Heidi nimmt Abschied 1 copy
Dominoes level 1: Macbeth 1 copy
Heidi 1 copy
Mera om Heidi 1 copy
Heidi 1 copy
Heidi's meisjesjaren 1 copy
Omnibus (kinderen) 1 copy
Heidi, Kind Der Berge 1 copy
HIJOS DE LOS ALPES 1 copy
Heidi 1 copy
Clara se pone mala 1 copy
Bird's Message 1 copy
Basti and Fraenzeli 1 copy
Good-for-Nothing Batty Matt 1 copy
Heidi fetita muntilor 1 copy
Heidi 1 copy
Heidi (Todolivro) 1 copy
Meu livrinho de...II: Heidi 1 copy
Heiða 1 copy
Wiseli Finds Her Place 1 copy
Granny's Golden Rule 1 copy
What Happened in Waldhausen 1 copy
Pet Lamb 1 copy
Mountain Miracle 1 copy
Meieli 1 copy
Little Swiss Boy 1 copy
Lake Sils and Lake Garda 1 copy
Heidi, omnibus 1 copy
Moni / Mazli / Cornelli 1 copy
Heidi / (Gift Editions) 1 copy
Was aus Dori geworden ist 1 copy
Heidi 1 copy
Heidi 1 & 11 1 copy
Sans patrie (ALBUMS (A)) 1 copy
Heidi nos Alpes 1 copy
Johanna Spyri 1 copy
Heidi in de bergen 1 copy
Erzählungen [für jung und alt]. H. 4. Und wer nur Gott zum Freunde hat, dem hilft er allerwegen 1 copy
Heidi kasvaa 1 copy
El lago de los sueños 1 copy
Heidi, Audio-CDs (Topsound), Bd.5/6 : Heimkehr auf die Alm / Die wunderbare Heilung, 2 Audio-CDs (2005) 1 copy
Heidi i Dalen 1 copy
Heidi - II 1 copy
Heidi / Gritli / Dori 1 copy
Heidi i byen 1 copy
Heidi reiser hjem igjen 1 copy
Heidi 1 copy
Heidi's zwerftocht 1 copy
In de bergen 1 copy
Heidi 1927 1 copy
Otra vez los niños Gritli: una narración para los niños y para los que aman a los niños (1944) 1 copy
Heidi als detective 1 copy
Het grote Heidiboek 1 copy
Gritli's Children 1 copy
Omnibus voor meisjes 1 copy
Haidi bat he-harim 1 copy
Die Kinder vom Lesahof 1 copy
HEIDI VIAGGIA E IMPARA 1 copy
Johanna Spyri 12 Book Collection: HEIDI, CORNELLI, GRITLI'S CHILDREN, ERICK & SALLY, VERONICA, TONI (THE LITTLE… (2016) 1 copy
Was aus Dori geworden ist 1 copy
Das große Heidibuch 1 copy
Hidi 1 copy
Gesammelte Werke: Romane Erzählungen Briefe Gedichte: Heidi Heimatlos In sicherer Hut Ein Blatt auf Vronys Grab… (2014) 1 copy
Heidi à Dörfli 1 copy
Heidi et le grand hiver 1 copy
In sicherer Hut. Eine Erzählung für Kinder. Vollständige Ausgabe. Mit Vollbildern und Textillustrationen… (1938) 1 copy
Aus unserem Lande noch zwei Geschichten für Kinder und auch für solche, welche die Kinder lieb haben 1 copy
Heidi et Claire au chalet 1 copy
Heidi fête Noël 1 copy
Heidi rentre à Dörfli 1 copy
Heidi und Gritli - Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre - Heidi kann brauchen, was sie gelernt hat (1973) 1 copy
Heidi à la montagne 1 copy
HEIDI (With Cassette) 1 copy
Uncle Titus 1 copy
Heidi's zwerftocht 1 copy
Heidi (Riverside Bookshelf) 1 copy
هايدي 1 copy
HEIDI ET L'OISEAU BLESSE 1 copy
Johanna Spyri bio.works 1 copy
Heidi 2 1 copy
Heidi on the Farm 1 copy
Aus unserm Lande 1 copy
Heidi a story for girls 1 copy
Heidi 1 copy
Heidi vender tilbage 1 copy
Schloß Wildenstein 1 copy
Keines zu klein Helfer zu sein. Geschichten für Kinder und solche, die Kinder lieb haben. Neu durchgesehen von… (1937) 1 copy
Heidi (Part I) [German English Bilingual Edition] - Paragraph by Paragraph Translation (German Edition) (2013) 1 copy
Heidi 1 copy
Volume 40 - Heidi 1 copy
Heidi feirer jul 1 copy
Heidi 1 copy
La pequeña Heidi 1 copy
Heidi auf der Alp 1 copy
Heidi kehrt heim 1 copy
Heidi geht in die Fremde 1 copy
Associated Works
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 04: Just Around the Corner (1900) — Contributor — 156 copies
Enchanting Stories for Young Readers (Usborne Illustrated Classics) (1999) — Contributor — 152 copies
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Contributor — 90 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Spyri, Johanna Louise
- Other names
- Huesser, Johanna Louise (birth)
- Birthdate
- 1827-06-12
- Date of death
- 1901-07-07
- Burial location
- Friedhof Sihlfeld, Zürich, Switzerland
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Birthplace
- Hirzel, Zürich, Switzerland
- Place of death
- Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Places of residence
- Hirzel, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland (birth)
Zürich, Switzerland (death) - Occupations
- novelist
children's book author - Short biography
- Johanna Spyri was born Johanna Louise Heusser in Switzerland, the fourth of six children of a village doctor and his wife. Her rural home was at the foot of the Alps, just south of Zürich. As a child, she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, a setting she would later use in her writing. She was tutored at home, attended the local school, then studied languages and piano in Zürich. In 1852, she married Bernhard Spyri, a lawyer, with whom she had a son. The couple moved to a home in Zürich overlooking the lake where she wrote her first novel, A Leaf on Vrony's Grave (1871), published anonymously when she was 43 years old. Based on its success, she became a prolific author of works for adults and children. Her book Heidi's Apprenticeship Years (1880) was so popular that she produced a followup, Heidi Uses what She Has Learned (1881). Together, the two works make up the novel now called simply Heidi— the work for which she is remembered today.
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