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Name
  
Johann Wyss

Role
  
Author


Parents
  
Johann David Wyss

Siblings
  
Johann Emmanuel Wyss

Died
  
March 21, 1830, Bern, Switzerland

Books
  
Way Ahead Reader, Jamaa Hodari Kisiwani (The Swiss Family Robinson), Jamaa hodari kisiwani

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Johann Rudolf Wyss [ˈjoːhan ˈruːdɔlf ˈviːs] (4 March 1782 – 21 March 1830) was a Swiss author, writer, and folklorist who wrote the words to the former Swiss national anthem Rufst Du, mein Vaterland in 1811, and also edited the novel The Swiss Family Robinson, written by his father Johann David Wyss, published in 1812.

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Biography

In 1805, Wyss became the professor of philosophy at Bern's academy. He later became the chief librarian of Bern's city library. He died in Bern.

Works

  • Vorlesungen über das höchste Gut ("Lectures on the highest good,” 2 vols., Tübingen, 1811)
  • Idyllen, Volkssagen, Legend und Erzählungen aus der Schweiz ("Idylls, folk tales, legends, and stories from Switzerland,” 3 vols., 1815–22; partly translated into French in Mme. de Montolieu's Châteaux suisses, 1816)
  • Reise im Berner Oberland ("Travels in the Bern highlands,” 1808; French translation, Voyage dans l'Oberland bernois, 2 vols., Bern, 1817)

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