Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. After spending his early years alternately in Switzerland and Germany, he finally put down roots in the southern canton of Ticino, where he wrote his most popular novels. (RSI/swissinfo.ch)
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Hermann Hesse: “Writer, guru, searcher”
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Part of his correspondence is held in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern. Hesse spent much of his life in Switzerland, which is also where he died and is buried. “We received this donation in July from the United States,” Lukas Dettwiler, who has looked after the Hesse archives since 2003, tells swissinfo.ch. He points…
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Before the days of the counterculture in the 1960s, Hesse was largely unknown in the US. Then English translations of his works such as Steppenwolf, Siddhartha and Demian appeared in paperback and caused a stir among hippies, rock musicians and other drop-outs from mainstream culture. They identified with his stories of spiritual seeking and seekers…
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