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(1877-1962) German writer. Hermann Hesse was a German poet and novelist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. He's famous for "Steppenwolf" (1927).
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Hermann Hesse - (1877-1962)
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Hermann Hesse Novels
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.
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By the terms of Alfred Bernhard Nobel's will (1896), the Nobel Prize for Literature is given to the person who has produced "the most distinguished work of an idealistic tendency" in the field of literature.
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