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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German Authors, Correspondence, Fiction, Biography, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Translations into English, German literature, German fiction, German language materials, Fiction, general, Criticism and interpretation, Exhibitions, Description and travel, Germanic literature, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Poetry, Political and social views, German language, Hesse, hermann, 1877-1962, Translations from German, Translations into Russian, Books and reading, Buddhism, Education, Fiction, short stories (single author)Places
Germany, Switzerland, Ticino (Switzerland), India, Indochina, Africa, Badenweiler, Namibia, Austria, Gaienhofen, Gaienhofen (Germany), Germany (West), Inde, Italia centrale, Italia settentrionale, Italien, Italy, Kristiania, Lake Constance, Montagnola (Switzerland), North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Oberitalien, Oslo (Norway), Rigi Mountain (Switzerland)People
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), Gautama Buddha, Romain Rolland (1866-1944), Thomas Mann (1875-1955), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), Emmy Ball-Hennings (1885-1948), Hugo Ball (1886-1927), Albert Fraenkel (1864-1938), Buddha, Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), Hans Sturzenegger, Karl Kerényi (1897-1973), Novalis (1772-1801), Reinhold Würth, Ruth Haussmann (1897-1994), Alfred Kubin (1877-1959), André Gide (1869-1951), Anny Bodmer (1882-1930), Conrad Haussmann (1857-1922), Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) Knut Hamsun, Ernst Morgenthaler (1887-1962), Francis of Assisi, Saint (1182-1226), Frans Masereel (1889-1972), Gautama Buda, Hans Purrmann (1880-1966)Time
20th century, 18th century, 19th century, 1918-1933, 1870-1914, 1900's, 1901-1914, 1920's, 1920-1928, 2006, 25th Century, Early 20th century, Early period, to ca. 250 B.C., Middle Ages, 600-1500ID Numbers
- OLID: OL76437A
- Amazon ID: B000APUYEW
- BookBrainz: 10b958ba-a6b9-485e-a0ce-4d268ac487f3
- GoodReads: 1113469
- ISNI: 0000000121296240
- Integrated Authority File (GND): 11855042X
- IMDb: nm0381568
- Library of Congress Names: n79006698
- LibraryThing: hessehermann
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- Project Gutenberg: 941
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV001444
- Storygraph: b5fcc7a3-0689-45f1-bc69-c9b5efb4beeb
- VIAF: 41841418
- Wikidata: Q25973
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- Emil Sinclair
- H. Hesse
- Herman Hesse
- Hermann Weller
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