Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse
Born	2 July 1877; Calw, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Died	9 August 1962 (aged 85); Montagnola, Ticino, Switzerland
Resting place	Cimitero di S. Abbondio, Gentilino, Ticino
Occupations	Novelist; short story author; essayist; poet; painter;
Spouse	Maria Bernoulli (m. 1904⁠–⁠1923) Ruth Wenger (m. 1924⁠–⁠1927) Ninon Hesse (m. 1931⁠–⁠1962)
Children	3
	Writing career
Genre	Fiction
Notable works	The Glass Bead Game (1943); Siddhartha (1922); Steppenwolf (1927); Narcissus and Goldmund (1930); Demian (1919);
Notable awards	Gottfried-Keller-Preis (1936); Goethe Prize (1946); Nobel Prize in Literature (1946); Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize (1950); Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (1955);
Signature

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.