Johann wyss biography

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He was born and died in Bern. It is said that he was inspired by Daniel Defoe 's Robinson Crusoe , but wanted to write a story from which his own children would learn, as the father in the story taught important lessons to his children. The Swiss Family Robinson was first published in German in , then translated into English two years later.

It has since become one of the most popular books of all time. The book was edited by his son, Johann Rudolf Wyss , a scholar known for writing the Swiss national anthem , Rufst du, mein Vaterland. Another of Wyss's sons, Johann Emmanuel Wyss, illustrated the book. Johann David Wyss outlived his son Johann Rudolf, who had died at the age of 48, dying in at the age of Wyss has been described as an author whose style was "firmly Christian and moral in tone".

There are also many underlying tones of Christianity throughout the book, particularly in regards to many of the characters and their moral philosophies. Jules Verne reportedly declared that The Swiss Family Robinson was one of his favorite books, so much so that he was inspired to write a sequel, The Castaways of the Flag , nearly a century after Wyss's death.

For his son, see Johann Rudolf Wyss. Black History Month on Kiddle.