Pagine1877–1962 · Calw, Germany · also known as Hesse
Hermann Hesse wrote about the search for the self, drawing on Eastern philosophy and psychoanalysis. Demian (1919), Siddhartha (1922) — a young man’s spiritual journey in the time of the Buddha — and Steppenwolf (1927) became cult books for later generations, and The Glass Bead Game (1943) helped win him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. He lived most of his life in Switzerland.
Begin with Siddhartha.
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Hermann Hesse wrote about the search for the self, drawing on Eastern philosophy and psychoanalysis. Demian (1919), Siddhartha (1922) — a young man’s spiritual journey in the time of the Buddha — and Steppenwolf (1927) became cult books for later generations, and The Glass Bead Game (1943) helped win him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946.
Siddhartha is usually considered Hermann Hesse’s best-known work, followed by Steppenwolf, Demian, The Glass Bead Game.
Most readers start with Siddhartha.
Both refer to the same writer.
Yes — 1 of Hermann Hesse’s books are free to read online in Pagine, the free e-reader and reading tracker.