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NAME: Hermann Hesse
OCCUPATION: Author, Poet
BIRTH DATE: July 02, 1877
DEATH DATE: August 09, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH: Calw, Germany
PLACE OF DEATH: Montagnola, Switzerland

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Hermann Hesse was a German-born Swiss author and poet. He is best-known for writing the novels Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game.

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Hermann Hesse (b. 1877) was a German-born Swiss poet and author, best known for writing the novels Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. His themes focus on man's struggle to break away from the rigid structures of civilization and follow his essential and inner spirit. For this, Hesse became a literary cult figure.

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