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Hesse, Hermann

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German writer, a Swiss citizen from 1923. A conscientious objector in World War I and a pacifist opponent of Hitler, he published short stories, poetry, and novels, including Peter Camenzind (1904), Siddhartha (1922), and Steppenwolf (1927). Later works, such as Das Glasperlenspiel/The Glass Bead Game (1943), show the influence of Indian mysticism and Jungian psychoanalysis. Above all, Hesse was the prophet of individualism. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. Life Hesse was born in Calw, Württemberg. He became a mechanic and a bookseller and continued his education by reading. He went to Switzerland and adopted Swiss nationality. In 1911 he made a protracted tour of India. Fiction His early novels, with their vivid portrayal of natural scenery and small-town life, are reminiscent of Gottfried Keller . They are remarkable for their musical prose and sympathetic portrayal of childhood. Siddhartha contains many autobiographical hints. It describes a young man's revolt…
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German novelist and poet If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us. Demian (1919) ch. 6 One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time. Demian (1919) ch. 7 The…
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(26 October 1894–26 May 1952) Born in New Jersey, Jolas grew up in Lorraine, France (near Germany), before returning to the United States in 1911. Back in Paris in the 1920s, he worked for newspapers and then edited TRANSITION , which was the most distinguished avant-garde magazine of its time. It…
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From Encyclopedia of World Religions: Encyclopedia of Buddhism
(b. 1877–d. 1962) German novelist and poet The works of Hermann Hesse, the Nobel Prize-winning author, enjoyed a new birth of life in the 1960s as a new generation of alienated youth discovered his writings. One novel in particular stood out, Siddhartha --originally published in 1922 and originally…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Hermann Hesse, 1957. Credit:Wide World Photos
(born July 2, 1877, Calw, Ger.—died Aug. 9, 1962, Montagnola, Switz.) German novelist and poet. He left the seminary because of his inability to adapt to the life there. His first novel was Peter Camenzind (1904); it was followed by Beneath the Wheel (1906), Gertrud (1910), and Rosshalde (1914). An…
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(hĕr'män hĕs'Ә), 1877–1962, German novelist and poet. A pacifist, he went to Switzerland at the outbreak of World War I and became (1923) a Swiss citizen. The spiritual loneliness of the artist and his estrangement from the modern world are recurring themes in Hesse's works. His novels, increasingly…
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From Encyclopedia of Nobel Laureates 1901-2017 Full text Article LITERATURE
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Nationality: Swiss b. 2 July 1877, Calw, Germany; d. 9 August 1962, Montagnola, Switzerland For his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style Hesse was born in Calw in the Black Forest. He joined a…
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From Chambers Biographical Dictionary
1877-1962 Swiss novelist and poet, and Nobel Prize winner Born in Calw, Württemberg, Germany, he was a bookseller and antiquary in Basle from 1895 to 1902, and published his first novel, Peter Camenzind , in 1904 (Eng trans 1961). From then on he devoted himself to writing, living in Switzerland…
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