Hermann Hesse

Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter

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Born:July 2, 1877

Died:August 9, 1962

Age at death:85

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Cause of death:Stroke

Zodiac Sign:Cancer

Born in:Calw, Germany

Buried in:Switzerland

Languages:German

Nobel Prize Winner Book Dealer Philosopher Resistance Fighter Writer Librettist Pacifist Literary Scholar Illustrator Poet Painter Novelist

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Notable Work

SiddharthaDer SteppenwolfDemianThe Glass Bead GameNarcissus and Goldmund

Books

SiddharthaDer SteppenwolfDemianThe Glass Bead GameNarcissus and Goldmund

Awards

Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (ocenění) (1955)Wilhelm Raabe Prize (1950)Nobel Prize in Literature (1946)Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt (1946)Gottfried-Keller-Preis (1936)

Hermann Hesse

Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter

Biography

Hermann Karl Hesse (German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈhɛsə] ; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature. His interest in Eastern religious, spiritual, and philosophical traditions, combined with his involvement with Jungian analysis, helped shape his literary work. His best-known novels 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. Hesse was a widely-read author in German-speaking countries during his lifetime, but his more enduring international fame did not come until a few years after his death, when, in the mid-1960s, his works became enormously popular with post-World War II generation readers in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere.

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Quotes

“The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.”

— As quoted in A Tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and Wisdom Spanning Continents and Time about India and Her Culture (2008) by Sushama Londhe

“In the beginning was the myth. God, in his search for self-expression, invested the souls of Hindus, Greeks, and Germans with poetic shapes and continues to invest each child's soul with poetry every day.”

— Variant translation: In the beginning was the myth. Just as the great god composed and struggled for expression in the souls of the Indians, the Greeks and Germanic peoples, so too it continues to compose daily in the soul of every child.

“Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.”

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Sujet : Herse, Hermann (1903-19..) -- Portraits Boxeurs -- Portraits Paris (France) Portraits -- 1914-1945 Référence bibliographique : Rol, 100889 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : Pho20Rol Image de presse Couverture : .. mai 1925 Langue : français

Telgegramm Konrad Adenauer to Hermann Hesse

A sign attached to the Hohenackersee Maulbronn. Since this was Hermann Hesse's favourite lake.

Grab von Hermann und Ninon Hesse (geb. Ausländer), Friedhof San Abbondio (Gentilino, Gemeinde Collina d'Oro, Bezirk Lugano, Kanton Tessin, Schweiz). Den Grabstein hat Hans Jakob Meyer gestaltet