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Wyss, Johann Rudolf 1782-1830, Swiss folklorist and author, born in Bern, and educated at German universities. He taught philosophy and was a...
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Several major books for adults of this period were adapted for children, and have been very influential. These include John Bunyan’s allegory of the...
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Swiss writer. He was the son of Johann David Wyss and completed and edited his father's novel Swiss Family Robinson 1812-13. He was also the author of the Swiss national anthem ...

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Johann Wyss (1782-1830), Swiss folklorist and author, born in Bern, and educated at German universities. He taught philosophy and was a librarian in Bern. Wyss is best known for completing and publishing The Swiss Family Robinson (1812; trans. 1814), an adventure novel written by his father, about a ship-wrecked family. It is imitative of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719), but has much independent merit. Widely translated, it has become a children's classic. Wyss also wrote an early Swiss national anthem and collected Swiss folklore.