HERMANN HESSE

Hermann Hesse was born in the Black Forest town of  Calw in Wurttemberg, German Empire, on 2 July 1877.
He was a German-born 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. He died in Montagnola, Ticino, Switzerland on 9 August 1962, at the age of 85.

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962)

Beneath the Wheel (1906)

Narcissus and Goldmund (1957)