Hermann Hesse
* Calw, Germany, 2 July 1877 - † Montagnola, Ticino, 9 August 1962
Hermann Hesse
German novelist and poet, used the pseudonym Emil Sinclair for the first publication of Demian.
The writings of Hermann Hesse reveal an influence by Carl Gustav Jung, Friedrich Nietzsche and Buddhist mysticism, not to mention the tumultuous circumstances of his own time. Later on ancient Hindu and even more Chinese culture become predominant. He moved to Switzerland in 1912 of which he became a naturalized citizen in 1923. Hesse was awarded the Nobelprize for literature in 1946; read his acceptance speech.
Selected works
- Peter Camenzind (1904)
- Rosshalde (1914)
- Demian (1919)
English translation 1923 - Siddhartha (1922)
English translation 1951 - Blick Ins Chaos (1923)
In Sight of Chaos - Steppenwolf (1927)
English translation 1929 - Narziss Und Goldmund (1930)
first translated as Death and the Lover in 1932 - Das Glasperllenspiel (1943)
translated as The Glass Bead Game and Magister Ludi
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