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Biographical studies in English include George Wallis Field, Hermann Hesse (1970); Joseph Mileck, Hermann Hesse: Biography and Bibliography, 2 vol. (1977), Hermann Hesse: Life and Art (1978), and Hermann Hesse: Between the Perils of Politics and the Allure of the Orient (2003); and Ralph Freedman, Hermann Hesse, Pilgrim of Crisis: A Biography (1978, reissued 1997). Ingo Cornils (ed.), A Companion to the Works of Hermann Hesse (2009), is a collection of critical essays. Soul of the Age, ed. by Theodore Ziolkowski (1991), contains an extensive selection of Hesse’s letters in English translation.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Official Site of the Museum Hermann Hesse Montagnola. | Sep 25, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 05, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Museum Hermann Hesse Montagnola. | Sep 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famouspoetsandpoems.com - Hermann Hesse. | Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Project Muse - Hermann Hesse and His Critics: The Criticism and Bibliography of Half a Century. | Dec 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of California, Santa Barbara - Hermann Hesse. | Jun 27, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Hermann Hesse. | Dec 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oglethorpe University - Hermann Hesse: Novelist, Poet, Painter. | Sep 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: All Poetry - Biography of Hermann Hesse. | Feb 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Literary Devices - Biography of Hermann Hesse. | May 23, 2021 | ||
| "...his work afterward.." changed to "...his work afterward." | Aug 07, 2017 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Aug 04, 2017 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 04, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Literature Network - Biography of Hermann Hesse. | Aug 17, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The European Graduate School - Biography of Hermann Hesse. | Aug 17, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Hermann Hesse. | Jan 20, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Firstworldwar.com - Biography of Hermann Hesse. | Jan 16, 2012 | ||
| Changed description of the novel Siddhartha to say it was set in India during the time of Buddha. | Jul 02, 2009 | ||
| Changed spelling of "extrovert" to "extravert." | Jul 02, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Bohemian Ink - Hermann Hesse. | Sep 11, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of California - The Hermann Hesse Page. | Jun 05, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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