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Hermann Hesse
German writer
1877
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1962
country of citizenship:
German Empire, Switzerland
educated at:
Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium
occupation:
novelist, poet, literary, painter, philosopher, resistance fighter
award received:
Nobel Prize in Literature, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts, Bauernfeld prize, Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Gottfried-Keller-Preis, Goethe Prize
influenced by:
Pietism, Buddhism as a religion, psychoanalysis
Hermann Karl Hesse (German: [ˈhɛɐ̯man ˈhɛsə]; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-born poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, 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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