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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.
Gottfried Keller, Skizze von Johann-Salomon Hegi, Freund Kellers, München 1841. 1840 gelangte der knapp Einundzwanzigjährige in den Besitz einer kleinen Erbschaft und verwirklichte sein Vorhaben, sich an der Königlichen Akademie der Künste in München weiterzubilden.
Jul 19, 1998 · Gottfried Keller (born July 19, 1819, Zürich—died July 16, 1890, Zürich) was the greatest German-Swiss narrative writer of late 19th-century Poetischer Realismus (“Poetic Realism”).
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Jul 19, 2019 · Marking the 200th birthday of Gottfried Keller (1819-1890), Kittstein has released a voluminous biography on the German-language literary giant who followed in the footsteps of Goethe but ...
May 18, 2018 · The Swiss short-story writer, novelist, and poet Gottfried Keller (1819-1890) was a master of the realistic novella and author of one of the outstanding German novels of his age. Gottfried Keller was born in Zurich on July 19, 1819, and grew up in great poverty.
Gottfried Keller’s prose sparkles with a robust, generous goodwill and a delightful irony; the fertile imagination evident in his work was unexcelled in the second half of the nineteenth...
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Learn about the life and works of Gottfried Keller, a Swiss novelist and short-story writer who embraced atheism and celebrated life. Find out how he became a state clerk, a painter, and a friend of Wagner and Semper.
