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Gottfried Keller
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Gottfried Keller was a Swiss author whose professional career spanned from 1846 until his death in 1890. Born on July 19, 1819, and deceased on July 15, 1890, he is associated with a substantial body of literature. His notable works include *The people of Seldwyla*, *Seven legends*, *Spiegel, das Kätzchen*, *Aus Gottfried Kellers glücklicher Zeit*, *Roméo et Juliette au Village*, and the *Briefwechsel zwischen Conrad Ferdinand Meyer und Gottfried Keller*.
Records indicate that Keller has 307 works listed in the Open Library, while other sources cite varying counts of 5, 18, and 342 references. He is identified as a person from Switzerland.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gottfried
- Family name
- Keller
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Zurich
- Place of death
- Zurich
- Educated at
- Heidelberg University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- landscape painting
- Image
- Gottfried Keller 1860.jpeg
- Work location
- Heidelberg
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- P12749
- Anna Karenina
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- name in native language
- Gottfried Keller
- writing language
- German
- Commons Creator page
- Gottfried Keller
- Commons category
- Gottfried Keller
- date of birth
- 1819-07-19
- date of death
- 1890-07-15
- Commons gallery
- Gottfried Keller
- ethnic group
- Swiss
- archives at
- Zentralbibliothek Zürich
- has works in the collection
- Anne Frank House
- start of work period
- 1846-00-00
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Glattfelden
- end of work period
- 1890-00-00
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Works in European collections
18 objects attributed to Gottfried Keller, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Gottfried Keller (19 July 1819 – 15 July 1890) was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature. Best known for his novel Green Henry (German: Der grüne Heinrich) and his cycle of novellas called Seldwyla Folks (Die Leute von Seldwyla), he became one of the most popular narrators of literary realism in the late 19th century.
Early life
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