The glass bead game by hermann hesse5/26/2023 His background was unusually varied his mother, Marie Gundert, was born in India to missionary parents, a French-Swiss mother and a Swabian German Hesse’s father, Johannes Hesse, was born in present-day Estonia, then controlled by Russia he thus belonged to the Baltic German minority and Hermann was at birth a citizen both of Russia and of Germany. Hermann Hesse was born in Calw, Germany, a small city in the Black Forest in the southwest of the country. Notable Quote: “What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.” ( Siddhartha).Children: Bruno Hesse, Heiner Hesse, Martin Hesse.Honors: Nobel Prize in Literature (1946), Goethe Prize (1946), Pour la Mérite (1954).Selected Works: Demian (1919), Siddhartha (1922), Steppenwolf (Der Steppenwolf, 1927), The Glass Bead Game (Das Glasperlenspiel, 1943).Education: Evangelical Theological Seminary of Maulbronn Abbey, Cannstadt Gymnasium, no university degree.Died: Augin Montagnola, Ticino, Switzerland.Parents: Marie Gundert and Johannes Hesse.Born: Jin Calw, Württemberg, German Empire.Known For: Acclaimed novelist and Nobel laureate whose work is known for the individual’s search for self-knowledge and spirituality.
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