Later this year, Germany‘s Suhrkamp Verlag will publish a volume of Hermann Hesse‘s letters between 1947 and 1951 (see “Das Unerträgliche muß zu Wort kommen” at suhrkamp.de). In the years when letter writing was the primary form of long-distance communication, many writers developed enormous volumes of correspondence, and Hesse’s literary production of novels, stories, poems, […]
MehrIn the years since Hermann Hesse’s death in 1962, a variety of prizes have been founded to promote or recognize work which furthers the understanding of Hermann Hesse’s writings or to recognize works of other authors generally. Following is an overview of several of these prizes and their most recent prizewinners. Hermann Hesse Literatur Prize […]
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Less than one hour after leaving Freiburg in southwestern Germany, our train arrived at the station in Basel, Switzerland. This was a moment I had long anticipated. I hailed a taxi outside of the train station, and once my luggage and I were inside the taxi, the taxi driver asked for a destination. “Hotel Krafft“, […]
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