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Heinrich Harrer
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Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)

Also known as: Генрих Харрер, هاينريش هارير, 하인리히 하러, ハインリッヒ・ハラー, 海因里希·哈勒, Генрих Харер

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Known works

  • Seven Years in Tibet (Sieben Jahre in Tibet) (1952)
  • Wiedersehn mit Tibet (1983)
  • Weisse Spinne (1960)
  • I come from the stone age (1964)
  • Mein Leben (2002)