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Swiss poet and historical novelist

Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (11 October – 28 November ) was a Swiss poet and historical novelist,^[1] a master of literary realism who is mainly remembered for stirring narrative ballads like "Die Füße im Feuer" (The Feet in the Fire).

Biography

Meyer was born in Zürich. His father, who died early, was a statesman and historian, while his mother was a highly cultured woman. Throughout his childhood two traits were observed that later characterized the man and the poet: he had a most scrupulous regard for neatness and cleanliness, and he lived and experienced more deeply in memory than in the immediate present.^[2] He suffered from bouts of mental illness, sometimes requiring hospitalization; his mother, similarly but more severely afflicted, killed herself.^{[citation needed]}

Having finished the gymnasium, he took up the study of law, but history and the humanities were of greater intere