Hermann Hesse Biography

In his time, Hesse was a popular and influential author in the German-speaking world; worldwide fame only came later. Hesse's first great novel, "Peter Camenzind", was received enthusiastically by young Germans desiring a different and more "natural" way of life at the time of great economic and technological progress in the country. Throughout Germany, many schools are named after him. In 1964, the Calwer Hermann-Hesse-Preis was founded, which is awarded every two years, alternately to a German-language literary journal or to the translator of Hesse's work to a foreign language. There is also a Hermann Hesse prize associated with the city of Karlsruhe,Germany. Bibliography: (1899) Eine Stunde hinter Mitternacht. Novella. (1900) Hermann Lauscher (1904) Peter Camenzind (1906) Unterm Rad (Beneath the Wheel; also published as The Prodigy) (1908) Freunde. Novella. (1910) Gertrud (1913) Aus Indien (Out of India) (1914) Roßhalde (1915) Knulp. (Also published as Three Tales from the Life of Knulp) (1916) Schön ist die Jugend. Novella. (1919) Strange News from Another Star. (Originally published as Märchen) Collection of short stories written between 1913 and 1918. (1919) Demian (published under the pen name Emil Sinclair) (1919) Klein und Wagner (1920) Klingsors letzter Sommer (Klingsor's Last Summer) (1922) Siddhartha (1927) Der Steppenwolf (1930) Narziß und Goldmund (Narcissus and Goldmund; also published as Death and the Lover) (1932) Die Morgenlandfahrt (Journey to the East) (1943) Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game; also published as Magister Ludi)