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Gottfried Keller
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Gottfried Keller was a Swiss poet and writer who created works in German literature during the 19th century (1819–1890). He is an important figure in German-language literature whose writings contributed to the cultural heritage of Switzerland and the German-speaking world.
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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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