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Authors and Works

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  1. Who wrote the novel 'Heidi'?
  2. Which Swiss author wrote the play 'Der Besuch der alten Dame' (The Visit)?
  3. Which Swiss author wrote the novel 'Homo faber'?
  4. Which author wrote 'Der grüne Heinrich', a major novel of Swiss realism?
  5. Which author wrote the novella 'Die schwarze Spinne' (The Black Spider)?
  6. Which Swiss author was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1919?
  7. Which Geneva-born philosopher wrote 'Du contrat social' (1762)?
  8. Which Swiss writer of French language wrote the novel 'Derborence'?
  9. Which Swiss writer wrote 'Der Gehülfe' (The Assistant) and 'Jakob von Gunten'?
  10. Which author, born in Germany, became a Swiss citizen in 1924 and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946?
  11. Which Swiss author wrote the play 'Andorra'?
  12. Which Swiss author wrote the detective novel 'Der Richter und sein Henker'?
  13. Which Swiss detective fiction author created Wachtmeister Studer?
  14. In which language was Blaise Cendrars, the Swiss-born poet of 'La Prose du Transsibérien', writing?
  15. Which Swiss-Italian speaking region produced the poet Giorgio Orelli?

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