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The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation.
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Birth: | 2nd July, 1877 |
Death: | 9th August, 1962 |
Nationality: | German |
Profession: | Novelist, Poet, Writer |
Hermann Karl Hesse was born in Calw, Württemberg, Germany. He was a German novelist, poet and short story writer. His best-known works(novels) include: Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game. He wrote other novels include: Peter Camenzind, Beneath the Wheel, Gertrud, Rosshalde, Knulp, and Narcissus and Goldmund. He wrote several poems, including One Hour After Midnight. He wrote several short stories include: Strange News from Another Star and Kinderseele. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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