Carl Spitteler — Swiss Poet born on April 24, 1845, died on December 29, 1924

Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler was a Swiss poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919 "in special appreciation of his epic, Olympian Spring". His work includes both pessimistic and heroic poems... (wikipedia)

At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
I moved to Lucerne, where I have lived happily with my family ever since.
In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence.