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Johann Martin Usteri

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Johann Martin Usteri (c.1800)

Johann Martin Usteri (14 February 1763 in Zürich – 29 July 1827, Rapperswil)[1] was a Swiss poet, noted for his narrative poetry and his idylls. He was one of the earliest poets to write poems in Swiss German, specifically in his native Zürich dialect; among these, his Vicar holds the foremost place.[2]

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  1. ^ "Wie "Zwinglis Helm" eine katholische Trophäe wurde". watson.ch (in German). Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  2. ^ Charles Dudley Warner, et al., Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern (1898), p. 540.
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