Hermann Hesse (1877–1962)
Author of Siddhartha
About the Author
Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877 -- August 9, 1962) was a German poet, novelist, essayist and painter. His best-known works included 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 show more Nobel Prize in Literature. Hess publicly announced his views on the savagery of World War I, and was considered a traitor. He moved to Switzerland where he eventually became a naturalized citizen. He warned of the advent of World War II, predicting that cultureless efficiency would destroy the modern world. His theme was usually the conflict between the elements of a person's dual nature and the problem of spiritual loneliness. His first novel, Peter Camenzind, was published in 1904. His masterpiece, Death and the Lover (1930), contrasts a scholarly abbot and his beloved pupil, who leaves the monastery for the adventurous world. Steppenwolf (1927), a European bestseller, was published when defeated Germany had begun to plan for another war. It is the story of Haller, who recognizes in himself the blend of the human and wolfish traits of the completely sterile scholarly project. During the 1960s Hesse became a favorite writer of the counter culture, especially in the United States, though his critical reputation has never equaled his popularity. Hermann Hesse died in 1962. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Hermann Hesse
The Hesse-Mann Letters The Correspondence of Hermann Hesse and Thomas Mann 1910-1955 (1975) 118 copies, 1 review
The Seasons of the Soul: The Poetic Guidance and Spiritual Wisdom of Hermann Hesse (2011) 71 copies, 2 reviews
Peter Camenzind ; Gertrud ; Knulp ; Kuren ; Narziss en Goldmund ; Fabuleuze vertellingen ; Een golfje op de stroom (1990) — Author — 22 copies, 1 review
Gesammelte Erzählungen: Band 1. Aus Kinderzeiten. 1900-1905: Gesammelte Erzählungen I. 1900-1905: BD 1… (1977) 20 copies
De terugkeer van Zarathoestra en andere gedenkschriften tegen het radicalisme van rechts en links (1993) — Author — 17 copies
Die Romane und die grossen Erzählungen. zweiter Band. Gertrud, Roßhalde. Jubiläumsausgabe zum… (1983) — Author — 14 copies
Ausgewählte Werke in sechs Bänden: Bd. 1: Camenzind. Unterm Rad. Gertrud. Roßhalde. Bd. 2: Knulp.… (1994) 12 copies
Kindheit und Jugend vor Neunzehnhundert: Zweiter Band. Hermann Hesse in Briefen und Lebenszeugnissen. 1895-1900: BD 2… (1984) 10 copies
Knulp-Il ciclone-Demian-Narciso e Boccadoro-Saggi-Poesie-Lettere ai contemporanei. Nobel 1946 (1979) 10 copies
Die schönsten Gedichte von Hermann Hesse. Mit einem Essay des Autors über Gedichte. (1996) 10 copies
Notizie straordinarie da un altro pianeta: Augustus ; Sequenza di sogni (Piccola biblioteca universale) (1993) 9 copies
Gesammelte Werke. Bd. 8. Narziss und Goldmund - Die Morgenlandfahrt - Späte Prosa. (2001) — Author — 8 copies
Obras escogidas (Peter Camenzind, Bajo la rueda, El ciclón, Hermosa es la juventud, Knulp, Cuentos, El juego de los… (1989) 8 copies
In der alten Sonne und andere Erzählungen — Author — 8 copies
The Seasons of Life: A Companion for the Poetic Journey--Poems and Prose Previously Unpublished in English (2020) 7 copies
Hermann Hesse & Romain Rolland : correspondence, diary entries, and reflections, 1915 to 1940 (1978) 5 copies
Obras completas II (Prosas tempranas / Relatos de aquende / Gertrudis / Rosshalde / Demian / Pequeño (1979) 5 copies
Der innere Kompaß: Gedanken aus seinen Werken und Briefen. Vertrauen in die Ordnung der Welt, Der Einzelne und die… (2008) 5 copies
Klingsors sista sommar ; Österlandsfärden — Author — 5 copies
False vocazioni 4 copies
The World of Hermann Hesse (Boxed Set) (Magister Ludi, Steppenwolf, Narcissus & Goldmund, Siddhartha, The Journey to… (1990) 4 copies
Gesammelte Werke. Bd. 1. Stufen - Die späten Gedichte - Frühe Prosa - Peter Camenzind. (1972) 4 copies
Gesammelte Werke. Bd. 7. Kurgast — Author — 4 copies
O Livro das Fábulas 4 copies
Stunder i trädgården : en idyll 4 copies
L'azzurra lontananza 4 copies
Unenäokingitus : [jutustused] 3 copies
Les contes merveilleux 3 copies
Själens spegel : Valda noveller 3 copies
El último verano de Klingsor & Alma de niño (Edhasa Literaria) (Spanish Edition) (1979) — Author — 3 copies
湖畔の家 : ロスハルデ 3 copies
Podivuhodné posolstvo z inej hviezdy 3 copies
Una hora después de medianoche : Hermann Lauscher : Peter Camnzind : Bajo la rueda : Cuentos (1903-1906) (1987) 3 copies
Zauber des Anfangs 3 copies
孤独な魂 : ゲルトルート 3 copies
Briefe 3 copies
Mažame mieste: novelės 3 copies
Tempo di fieno: racconti 3 copies
Blätter aus Prevorst : eine Auswahl von Berichten über Magnetismus, Hellsehen, Geistererscheinungen aus dem… (1987) 3 copies
Úvahy a imprese ; Vzpomínky a listy přátelům ; Politické úvahy ; Mozaika z dopisů 1930-1961 ; O literatuře ;… (2003) 3 copies
Alle Bücher Dieser Welt 3 copies
Obras Completas (v. I) 2 copies
Obras Completas (v. III) 2 copies
Herman Hesse Collected Works 8 2 copies
JORNADAS DESDE LA TIERRA 2 copies
Mägede poeg 2 copies
World's Greatest Classics in One Volume: Les Misérables, Hamlet, Jane Eyre, Ulysses, Huck Finn, Walden, War… (2018) 2 copies
Betrachtungen 2 copies
El joc de le granisses. 2 copies
Faldum 2 copies
Alene : Dikt i utvalg 2 copies
2002 2 copies
Die dunkle und wilde Seite der Seele. Briefwechsel mit seinem Psychoanalytiker Josef Bernhard Lang. 1916-1944. (2006) 2 copies
Narrativas 2 copies
Fine Dream Sequence 2 copies
Il gioco della vita - I. La disperazione e la grazia. Epistolario scelto (1904-1950) (2016) 2 copies
Jocul Cu Margele De Sticla 2 copies
KLAASPLIMG 2 copies
Schriften zur Literatur. Bd 2 2 copies
Augustus 2 copies
Schriften zur Literatur. Bd 1 2 copies
Erzählungen 2 copies
Vroege romans Hesse set 3 ex: avonturen Herman Lauscher, Peter Camenzind en Tussen de raderen — Author — 2 copies
Histórias Medievais 2 copies
Bilder der Toskana: Von Florenz bis Siena. Betrachtungen, Reisenotizen, Gedichte und Erzählungen (2006) 2 copies, 1 review
Hermann Hesse - Das erzählerische Werk: Sämtliche Jugendschriften, Romane, Erzählungen, Märchen und… (2012) 2 copies
Antología poética 2 copies
Bilderbuch Schilderungen — Author — 2 copies
Die Welt im Buch 5: Rezensionen und Aufsätze aus den Jahren 1935 - 1962 und Nachlese: Bd. 20 (2005) 2 copies
Von Wesen und Herkunft des Glasperlenspiels: Die vier Fassungen der Einleitung zum Glasperlenspiel (Suhrkamp… (1977) 2 copies
Opere 2 copies
I capolavori di Hermann Hesse 2 copies
Gesammelte Werke: neue Gedichte 2 copies
Demijan ; Roshalde 2 copies
Contos sublimes 2 copies
Sämtliche Werke in 20 Bänden und einem Registerband: Band 8: Die Erzählungen 3. 1911-1954: Bd. 8. (2001) 2 copies
O Βροχοποιός 2 copies
Un' ora dopo mezzanotte 2 copies
Hermann Hesse, Helene Voigt-Diederichs;: Zwei Autorenportrats in Briefen 1897 bis 1900 (German Edition) (1971) 2 copies
Vom Baum des Lebens 1 copy
Siddhartha 1 copy
»Außerhalb des Tages und des Schwindels«: Hermann Hesse – Alfred Kubin. Briefwechsel 1928-1952 (2008) 1 copy
Ολιγόλεπτα αναγνώσματα 1 copy
Narciso y Golmundo 1 copy
L'infanzia del mago 1 copy
El cofre robado 1 copy
Obras Completas Tomo 3 1 copy
52 Poesie 1 copy
Obras Completas Tomo 2 1 copy
Obras Completas Tomo 1 1 copy
Obras Maestras - Hesse 1 copy
Cuentos Maravillodos 1 copy
Narziss och goldmun 1 copy
Atsitokėjimai: [esė] 1 copy
සිද්ධාර්ථ 1 copy
El lobo estapario 1 copy
සිද්ධාර්ථ 1 copy
ඩේමියන් 1 copy
Sidra 1 copy
Pod kołami 1 copy
Obras completas, Tomo II 1 copy
Knulp - Il ciclone - Demian - Narciso e Boccadoro - Saggi - Poesie - Lettere ai contemporanei 1 copy
HIl Ilupo della steppa 1 copy
Obras completas, Tomo III 1 copy
Le parole, le immagini 1 copy
Da un'altra stella: favole 1 copy
KLAASPÄRLIMÄNG 1 copy
PELKO 1 copy
A Man By The Name Of Ziegler 1 copy
O lôbo da estepe 1 copy
Gesammelte Werke: Erzählung 1 copy
Harry's Loves 1 copy
פטר קמנצינד : סיפור 1 copy
Il pelligrinaggio in Oriente 1 copy
Glaspärlespelet 1 copy
LEGGENDE E FIABE 1992 1 copy
Klett Lektürehilfen Hermann Hesse, Der Steppenwolf: Interpretationshilfe für Oberstufe und Abitur (2017) 1 copy
האחוזה רוסהלדה 1 copy
Minha fé 1 copy
Leggende e Fiabe 2 voll. 1 copy
Deambulações Fantásticas 1 copy
... Das junge Genie. 1 copy
Sidhdhartha 1 copy
Suhrkamp 1 copy
The Merman 1 copy
I Meridiani - Siddharta 1 copy
I Meridiani - Klein e Wagner 1 copy
I Meridiani - Demian 1 copy
I Meridiani - Knulp 1 copy
Caccia alle stelle 1 copy
NEN RROTE 1 copy
The Enamored Youth 1 copy
Erzählungen 2 1 copy
An einen jungen Künstler. 1 copy
Siddhartha, Alma de niño 1 copy
A Arte dos Ociosos 1 copy
Siddhartha, Magister Ludi: the Bead Game, Narcissus and Goldman, Demian, Steppenwolf, short stories 1 copy
Hermann Hesse, Een biografie 1 copy
The Jackdaw 1 copy
Three Lindens 1 copy
Report From Normalia 1 copy
Nocturnal Games 1 copy
King Yu 1 copy
Among The Massagetae 1 copy
Conversation With he Stove 1 copy
Tale Of The Wicker Chair 1 copy
The Painter 1 copy
The Dream Of The Gods 1 copy
SİDARTA 1 copy
Erzählungen I 1 copy
Bäume. by Hermann Hesse 1 copy
Short Stories — Author — 1 copy
DRÖMFÄRDER 1 copy
Demian - Siddharta - Der Steppenwolf. Erläuterungen und Materialien. (Lernmaterialien) (2001) 1 copy
Sommernacht mit Raketen 1 copy
Ο λύκος της στέππας 1 copy
Minha vida 1 copy
Gesammelte Werke 2 1 copy
Friedrich Hölderlin. Dokumente seines Lebens - Tagebuchblätter, Aufzeichnungen, Briefe (Eine kleine… (2012) 1 copy
O Livro das Fábulas 1 copy
knulp 1 copy
UJKU I STEPES 1 copy
Sobre guerra e paz 1 copy
El Balneario 1 copy
Gesammelte Werke 3 1 copy
Δοκίμια, δεύτερος τόμος 1 copy
Gesammelte Werke 6 1 copy
Sämtliche Werke in 20 Bänden und einem Registerband: Band 4: Die Romane: Der Steppenwolf. Narziß und… (2001) 1 copy
Gesammelte Werke 5 1 copy
Gesammelte Werke 4 1 copy
Im Presselschen Gartenhaus : Eine Erzählung aus d. alten Tübingen. Mit 6 Federzeichn. von Albrecht Appelhans.… (1964) 1 copy
Hesse: Racconti 1 copy
Eine Auswahl für Ausländer. 1 copy
Erwin 1 copy
Discursos en Suecia 1 copy
ヘッセ=マン往復書簡集 1 copy
amicizia e altri racconti 1 copy
Ausgewählte Werke. Bd. 6: Ausgewählte Gedichte. Ausgewählte Betrachtungen. Briefe an junge Menschen 1 copy
Leggere a letto 1 copy
Nuvele 1 copy
Spolverare i libri 1 copy
Narrativa completa 18 Una hora despues de medianoche / Hermann Lauscher / Peter Camenzind / Bajo la 1 copy
Lettere da un minto 1 copy
Το όνειρο και άλλα διηγήματα 1 copy
Volare 1 copy
Bir büyücünün çocuklugu. [= Spaete prosa, innen and aussen]. Translated by Kamuran Sipal. (1999) 1 copy
Diario italiano, 1901-1903 1 copy
1970 1 copy
Şeftali Ağacı 1 copy
Valter Kempf i druge priče 1 copy
Lieder deutscher Dichter 1 copy
Razmatranja i pisma 1 copy
Hermann Hesse uber "Narziss und Goldmund" : eine Dokumentation zur Entstehung- und Wirkungsgeschicht 1 copy
Siddhartha : Hermann Hesse u. d. Ferne Osten , Erzählgn, Legenden, Tagebücher, Essays. (1973) 1 copy
هرمان هسه؛ سيرة ذاتية 1 copy
Kunst - die Sprache der Seele: Gedanken aus seinen Werken und Briefen. Kunst und Künstler, Sprache und Dichtung… (2008) 1 copy
Trost der Nacht 1 copy
Briefe : erweiterte Ausgabe 1 copy
Neue Gedichte 1 copy
Textanalyse und Interpretation zu Hermann Hesse. Der Steppenwolf: Alle erforderlichen Infos für Abitur, Matura,… (2011) 1 copy
In sight of chaos 1 copy
Six novels, The Prodigy etc 1 copy
Vagrants (French hardcover) 1 copy
Fantaasiad : [esseed] 1 copy
Correspondência entre amigos 1 copy
1961 1 copy
La ville 1 copy
O Lobo das Estepes Livro 1 1 copy
Demian, Siddhartha, El lobo estepario (Narrativa completa i, coleccion Summa literaria 3) 1 copy, 1 review
Merkwürdige Nachricht von einem andern Stern. Märchen. Mit Illustrationen von Ernst Lewinger. 1 copy
Große Erzählungen. 1 copy
PEQUEÑAS ALEGRÌAS 1 copy
Pod kołami 1 copy
Chakke Tale 1 copy
Gesammelte Dichtungen 1 copy
Pod kolesom 1 copy
Blick ins Chaos 1 copy
El cofre robado 1 copy
Najsłynniejsze opowiadania 1 copy
1975 1 copy
Una sonata (in Racconti) 1 copy
Two Worlds [from "Demian"] 1 copy
Ystykset : kertomuksia 1 copy
Ντέμιαν: Μυθιστόρημα 1 copy
1994 1 copy
2003 1 copy
2005 1 copy
Konvolut aus 17 Titeln Hermann Hesse: Narziß und Goldmund, Demian, Glasperlenspiel, Siddharta, Roßhalde, Steppenwolf,… (1980) 1 copy
Il liceale (in Racconti) 1 copy
Lettere ai contemporanei 1 copy
Der schwere Weg 1 copy
il romanzo della mia vita 1 copy
Death and the lover 1 copy
Brev från en diktare 1 copy
Peter Camenzind. Unterm Rad. Gertrud: Sämtliche Werke in 20 Bänden und einem Registerband, Band 2 (2001) — Author — 1 copy
Hans Amstein (in Racconti) 1 copy
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Steppenwolf [1974 film] — Original novel — 8 copies
Falterschönheit: Exotische Schmetterlinge in Farbigen Naturaufnahmen (1935) — Foreword, some editions — 6 copies
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The intellectual tradition of modern Germany : A collection of writings from the eighteenth to the twentieth century :… (1973) — Contributor — 3 copies
Die Einsamen. Kindheitsnovellen von O. Dymow, A.v. Hatzfeld, H. Hesse, J. Mühlberger, R. Musil, F. Ssologub und… (1947) — Contributor — 2 copies
Auswahl aus der deutschen Literatur : mit einem Abrisz der Literaturgeschichte (1913) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Hesse, Hermann Karl
- Birthdate
- 1877-07-02
- Date of death
- 1962-08-09
- Burial location
- Cimitero di San Abbondio, Montagnola, Ticino, Switzerland
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
Switzerland (naturalised 1923) - Birthplace
- Calw, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
- Place of death
- Montagnola, Ticino, Switzerland
- Places of residence
- Montagnola, Ticino, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
Gaienhofen, Lake Constance, Germany
Basel, Switzerland
Calw, German Empire - Education
- Evangelical Theological Seminary, Maulbronn Abbey, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Gymnasium, Cannstatt, Germany - Occupations
- novelist
short story writer
essayist
poet - Awards and honors
- Bauernfeld-Preis (1906)
Mejstrik-Preis of the Schiller Foundation in Vienna (1928)
Gottfried Keller Preis (1936)
Goethe Prize (1946)
Nobel Prize in Literature (1946)
Honorary Doctorate from The University of Bern (1947) (show all 9)
Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize (1950)
Pour le Mérite (1954)
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (1955) - Short biography
- Hermann Karl Hesse; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-born Swiss 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.
Hermann Karl Hesse was born on 2 July 1877 in the Black Forest town of Calw in Württemberg, German Empire. His grandparents served in India at a mission under the auspices of the Basel Mission, a Protestant Christian missionary society. His grandfather Hermann Gundert compiled the current grammar in Malayalam language, compiled a Malayalam-English dictionary, and also contributed to the work in translating the Bible to Malayalam. Hesse's mother, Marie Gundert, was born at such a mission in India in 1842. In describing her own childhood, she said, "A happy child I was not..." As was usual among missionaries at the time, she was left behind in Europe at the age of four when her parents returned to India.
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That being said, it still felt like a compromise to what Buddhism truly is and this is coming from someone with a cursory knowledge of Buddhism. It's a little weird having a white German write a book about an Indian Buddhist in the early 1900s at the height (or collapse depending on where you were) of British Colonialism. It feels a little....superficial.
There are some golden nuggets of wisdom here though, especially the idea that we "do" and believe a lot of things because that is the path life has taken us done, but how can you truly believe something if you have not lived it?
Interesting book, but definitely not my favorite in terms of philosophy.… (more)