About the Author
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) was born in Germany and spent much of his life in Switzerland. His first book, the poetry collection Romantic Songs, was published in 1897. His novels include Demian (1919), Siddhartha (1922), Steppenwolf (1927) and The Glass Bead Game (1943). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946.
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