Jeremias Gotthelf (1797 - 1854)

Albert Bitzius was a Swiss novelist, best known by his pen name of Jeremias Gotthelf. He started writing late in life. His first work, the Der Bauernspiegel, oder die Lebensgeschichte des Jeremias Gotthelf, appeared in 1837. It purported to be the life of Jeremias Gotthelf, narrated by himself, and this name was later adopted by the author as his pen name.