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Hermann Hesse

  • Hermann Karl Hesse
  • Emil Sinclair
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Hesse, Hermann
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Date of birth
1877-07-02
Place of birth
Calw
Date of death
1962-08-09
Place of death
Ticino

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Hermann Karl Hesse (German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈhɛsə] ; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. Although Hesse was born in Germany's Black Forest region of Swabia, his father's celebrated heritage as a Baltic German and his grandmother's French-Swiss roots had an intellectual influence on him. He was a precocious, if not difficult child, who shared a passion for poetry and music with his mother, and was especially well-read and cultured, due in part to the influence of his polyglot grandfather.

As a youth he studied briefly at a seminary, struggled with bouts of depression and even once attempted suicide, which temporarily landed him in a sanatorium. Hesse eventually completed Gymnasium and passed his examinations in 1893, when his formal education ended. However, he remained an autodidact and voraciously read theological treatises, Greek mythology, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich Schiller, and Friedrich Nietzsche. His first works of poetry and prose were being published in the 1890s and early 1900s with his first novel, Peter Camenzind, appearing in 1904.

In 1911, Hesse visited India, where he became acquainted with Indian mysticism. His experiences in India—combined with his involvement with Jungian analysis—affected his literary work, which emphasizes Eastern spiritual values. His best-known works include: Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, Narcissus and Goldmund, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge, and spirituality. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter.

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Editions

NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Das erste Abenteuer: ErzählungenPaperback3-499-11897-11977-11
Meistererzählungen (Hermann Hesse)Paperback3-257-20984-31982
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse, Italian)Paperback884590184X1980-01-01
Der SteppenwolfPaperback978-3-518-36675-22016
Ladidel: ErzählungPaperback3-518-37700-01992
Die Gedichte: 1892-1962Paperback3-518-36881-81996
Unterm Rad (SZ Bibliothek)Hardcover3-937793-17-82004
Märchen (Hermann Hesse)Paperback3-436-00606-81973-01
Klingsors letzter Sommer: ErzählungPaperback978-3-518-37695-92022
Siddhartha: Eine indische Dichtung (rororo 951)Paperback?1968-01
Peter Camenzind / Unterm RadHardcover?1952
RoßhaldePaperback3-518-36812-51988
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse, English)eBook?2015-05-16
Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend (Elisabeth Hau cover)Paperback3-518-36706-41993
Die Morgenlandfahrt: Eine ErzählungPaperback3-518-37250-51995
Das Glasperlenspiel (suhrkamp taschenbuch 79, green cover)Paperback3-518-36579-71972
RoßhaldePaperback3-499-11557-31977-11
Klingsors letzter Sommer und andere ErzählungenPaperback3-499-11462-31977-07
Siddhartha: Eine indische DichtungPaperback3-518-06682-X1978
In Weihnachtszeiten: Erinnerungen, Betrachtungen, GedichtePaperback3-458-34118-82004
Schön ist die Jugend: ErzählungenPaperback3-436-01517-21971-11
Das Glasperlenspiel (suhrkamp taschenbuch 79, Elisabeth Hau cover, blue)Paperback3-518-36579-71994
Die Kunst des Müßiggangs: Kurze Prosa aus dem NachlaßPaperback3-518-36600-91982
Die StadtPaperback3-458-01936-71977
GertrudPaperback3-499-11664-21977-12
Siddhartha: Eine indische Dichtung (Bibliothek Suhrkamp 227)Hardcover3-518-01227-41980
Narziß und GoldmundHardcover35180106541994
Die blaue Ferne: Reisebilder und NaturbetrachtungenHardcover3-351-01436-81989
Das erste Abenteuer: Sämtliche Erzählungen 1905-1907Paperback3-518-45803-52006
Die Märchen (Hermann Hesse - blue cover)Paperback3-518-36791-91993
Stufen: Ausgewählte GedichteHardcover3-518-01342-41978
Im Garten: Betrachtungen und GedichtePaperback3-458-33029-11992
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Goodreads Author ID
1113469
ISNI
0000 0001 2129 6240
LibraryThing Author
hessehermann
MusicBrainz Artist ID
86fb8e43-641f-410a-83cf-626945ffc80e
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL76437A
VIAF
41841418
Wikidata ID
Q25973

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