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Swiss folklorist and professor
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Strongly influenced by the Brothers Grimm, Sutermeister emphasized the didactic aspect of Swiss folklore and rewrote many of the tales to suit young readers. He also was editor of the works of Jeremias Gotthelf and of the "Swiss Idioticon".
Heinrich Cornelius and Maria Salome Sutermeister, his parents
Works
His major works are:
"Frisch und Fromm: Erzählungen, Märchen, Fabeln, Schwänke für die Jugend" ("Fresh and Pious: Stories, Fairy Tales, Fables, and Anecdotes for the Young"), 1863;
"Kinder‐ und Hausmärchen" ("Children's and Household Tales"), 1869;
"Kornblumen: Fabeln und Märchen" ("Cornflowers: Fables and Fairy Tales"), 1870.
