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1877 - Hermann Hesse, born on the 2nd of July in the Black Forest town of Calw in Württemberg, Germany to a Christian Missionary family. He is a German novelist and poet.
1904 - 1914 - His first novel was Peter Camenzind; it was followed by Beneath the Wheel, Gertrud, and Rosshalde.
1914 - 1918 - An opponent of militarism, he settled permanently in Switzerland at the outbreak of World War I.
1919 - His later works deal with the individual's search for spiritual fulfillment, often through mysticism. Demian, influenced by his experience with psychoanalysis, made him famous.
1922 - Siddhartha, about the early life of Buddha, reflects his interest in Eastern spiritualism.
1927 - Steppenwolf, which examines the conflict between bourgeois acceptance and spiritual self-realization, was highly influential in its time and brought him cult status among the young of more than one generation.
1930 - 1943 - Narcissus and Goldmund and The Glass Bead Game, also published as Magister Ludi concern duality and the conflict between the contemplative and the active life.
1946 - He won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His mysticism and his interest in self-realization kept him popular long after his death.
1962 - Died on the 9th of August in Montagnola, Switzerland due to Cerebral Hemorrhage.
1904 - 1914 - His first novel was Peter Camenzind; it was followed by Beneath the Wheel, Gertrud, and Rosshalde.
1914 - 1918 - An opponent of militarism, he settled permanently in Switzerland at the outbreak of World War I.
1919 - His later works deal with the individual's search for spiritual fulfillment, often through mysticism. Demian, influenced by his experience with psychoanalysis, made him famous.
1922 - Siddhartha, about the early life of Buddha, reflects his interest in Eastern spiritualism.
1927 - Steppenwolf, which examines the conflict between bourgeois acceptance and spiritual self-realization, was highly influential in its time and brought him cult status among the young of more than one generation.
1930 - 1943 - Narcissus and Goldmund and The Glass Bead Game, also published as Magister Ludi concern duality and the conflict between the contemplative and the active life.
1946 - He won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His mysticism and his interest in self-realization kept him popular long after his death.
1962 - Died on the 9th of August in Montagnola, Switzerland due to Cerebral Hemorrhage.
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