His deep humanity and philosophical views have earned him a place as one of the great writers in the world of literature. In 1936 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was born in Germany but had settled permanently in Switzerland where he lived for many years until his death in 1962.
"Without words, without writing, and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of reality".
Hermann Hesse
1877-1962
8 comments:
Dear Judith,
I also like H.Hesse so much!
I have a wonderful collection too.
I have to read the books - for example *Steppenwolf* again after about fourty years!
♥ Franka
And he was a painter!!!
http://www.hessemontagnola.ch/index.php?node=32&lng=4&rif=37c09d5b3e
Oh, Demian, Siddhartha, the Steppenwolf... looking at the books on your shelf throws me back at the teenage years in which I read them, and fall in love with them too. How extraordinary that you keep them all. Mine were borrowed or else if actually mine I lent them or whatever. And then the owl by them...I will start feeling like some spell coming from there :-)
This is for Franka, but for anybody too:
On the unconscious rush of those years I was never aware neither of the existence of Hesse's calm watercolors nor of the peaceful surroundings of his life in Switzerland, of nothing really but the magic of his books and our idealistic dreams then.
Thanks to your hessemontagnola link I have learnt so much. I think one learns about oneself through these things too.
We should organize a trip to the place. Set a date of something. Being there might close the circle of wondering ... well, at least it would be good to see the place.
Thankyou Pet :) and a heartfelt thankyou to Franka
for this link..it is wonderful!! x x x x
Wow, I've never read Hesse, but now I'm really curious! :)
i read siddhartha in high school, i had totally forgotten about that book, until now.
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