The following year he became a Swiss citizen. In 1922, he published Siddhartha, his novel of India which won critical acclaim and which still stands as one of his greatest works. In 1919, he published Demian and also divorced his wife of 15 years. After the death of his father in 1916, Hesse underwent psychotherapy. During the First World War, Hesse cared for prisoners of war. He developed an avid interest in theosophy and Buddhism which would later be reflected in much of his work. In 1904, his novel Peter Carmenzind appeared and was very well-received, enabling Hesse to concentrate on his writing career. In 1901, he traveled to Italy and also took a new position at a Basel antiquarium. In 1898, he published his first volume of poetry, Romantic Songs, and followed in 1899 with the prose collection, One Hour After Midnight. He immersed himself in philosophy, theology and poetry for over a year before publishing his first poem, Madonna, in 1896. In 1893, he passed his examination at the Cannstatt Gymnasium and began a series of jobs which culminated in a position at a bookstore in Tubingen. 9, 1962 - Montagnola, SwitzerlandĮducated at the Latin School in Goppingen and the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Maulbronn, Hesse's early youth was traumatic and he spent time in a mental institution in Basel. 2, 1877 - Calw, Wurttemburg, Germanyĭied: Aug. Hermann Hesse - eBooks in PDF format from īorn: Jul.
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