Hermann Karl Hesse -pseudonym: Emil Sinclair- (* 2. Juli 1877 in Calw; † 9. August 1962 in Montagnola, Schweiz), war ein deutsch-schweizerischer Schriftsteller, Dichter und Maler. Bekanntheit erlangte er mit Prosawerken wie Siddhartha, Demian, Der Steppenwolf sowie auch Narziß und Goldmund und mit seinen Gedichten (z. B. Stufen). 1946 wurde ihm der Nobelpreis für Literatur und 1954 der Orden Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste verliehen.
Hermann Karl Hesse (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-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.
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Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
| Born | 2 July 1877 |
| Died | 9 August 1962 |
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Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
| Born | 2 July 1877 |
| Died | 9 August 1962 |
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Fiction, Translations into English, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, German fiction, German Authors, German language materials, German literature, German language, Correspondence, Description and travel, Readers, Biography, Fiction, short stories (single author), Germanic literature, Manners and customs, Romans, nouvelles, Translations from German, Children's fiction, Germany, fiction, Hesse, hermann, 1877-1962, Novela alemana, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Biographies, Classic LiteraturePlaces
Germany, Indochina, Switzerland, Germany (West), Inde, India, Italia centrale, Italia settentrionale, Italien, Italy, Kristiania, Norway, Oberitalien, Oslo (Norway)People
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), Gautama Buddha, Thomas Mann (1875-1955), Buddha, Emmy Ball-Hennings (1885-1948), Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) Knut Hamsun, Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), Gautama Buda, Hans Sturzenegger, Hermann Hesse, Hugo Ball (1886-1927), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), Karl Kerényi (1897-1973), Peter Suhrkamp, Peter Suhrkamp (1891-1959), Romain Rolland (1866-1944), Rudolf Jakob Humm (1859-), Ruth Haussmann (1897-1994), Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), Wilhelm Friedrich Waiblinger (1804-1830)Time
20th century, 19th century, 1870-1914, 18th century, 1900's, 1901-1914, 1918-1933, 1920's, 1920-1928, 25th Century, Early 20th century, Early period, to ca. 250 B.C.ID Numbers
- OLID: OL76437A
- Amazon ID: B000APUYEW
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- ISNI: 0000000121296240
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- IMDb: nm0381568
- Library of Congress Names: n79006698
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- VIAF: 41841418
- Wikidata: Q25973
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Alternative names
- Emil Sinclair
- H. Hesse
- Herman Hesse
- Hermann Weller
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