Hermann Hesse

Poet

Birthday July 2, 1877

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Calw, Germany

DEATH DATE Aug 9, 1962 (85)

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About

German, Nobel Prize-winning author of Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, and The Glass Bead Game. He was a 1946 recipient of the prestigious Goethe Prize.

Before Fame

His grandfather encouraged him to study literature. He published his debut poem, "Madonna," in 1896.

Trivia

The Glass Bead Game imagined a calm and well-ordered world. This vision resonated with Germans of the post-World War II era.

Family Life

His parents, Marie Gundert and Johannes Hesse, served as Protestant missionaries in India.

Associated With

He and Thomas Mann were friends.