Demian - Hermann Hesse

When Hermann Hesse wrote "Demian," he was still undergoing trauma. It was 1917. The United States declared war on Germany that year, though the Great War had already been going on for three horrifying years

Hermann Hess wrote "Demian" in 1919 after a serious of traumatic events: his son was seriously ill, his father died, his wife had a nervous breakdown, etc. "Demian" was published under a pseudonym, Emily Sinclair, and it was immediately successful.

When Hermann Hesse wrote "Demian," he was still undergoing trauma. It was 1917. The United States declared war on Germany that year, though the Great War had already been going on for three horrifying years. Read more about "Demian."

Hermann Hesse was a German poet and novelist, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. Some of the works for which he is well known include: "Siddhartha" (1922), "Narcissus and Goldmund" (1930), "Demian" (1919), "Gertrude" (1910), "The Journey to the East" (1932), "The Glass Bead Game (1943), and "Steppenwolf" (1927). Discover the great novels of Hermann Hesse.