Hermann hesse biography
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Hermann hesse - wikipedia.
Hesse, Hermann
BORN: 1877, Calw, Germany
DIED: 1962, Montagnola, Switzerland
NATIONALITY: German, Swiss
GENRE: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction
MAJOR WORKS:
Demian (1914)
Siddhartha (1922)
Steppenwolf (1927)
Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)
The Glass Bead Game (1943)
Overview
The most-translated German twentieth-century author, Hermann Hesse's primarily autobiographical work focused on matters of the soul.
Through novels and poems that draw on Eastern philosophy and ideas of enlightenment, Nobel laureate Hesse enjoyed success both during his lifetime and during the countercultural movement of the 1960s, when a generation of authors found inspiration in his characters’ search for enlightenment outside the bounds of normal society.
Contemplative, artistic, and confessional, Hesse's work has
survived as a testament to humankind's search for spiritual meaning.
Works in Biographical and Historical Context
Birth and Early Rebellion Born on June 2, 1877, in a small