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Heiner Hesse, designer, illustrator and editor: born Basle, Switzerland 1 March 1909; married (four children); died Arcegno, Switzerland 7 April 2003. Heiner Hesse was for more than 35...
Hans Heinrich „Heiner“ Hesse (* 1. März 1909 in Basel; † 7. April 2003 in Arcegno) war ein Schweizer Dekorateur, Illustrator und Nachlassverwalter seines Vaters Hermann Hesse . Leben und Werk. Heiner Hesse wurde am 1. März 1909 als zweiter Sohn von Hermann Hesse und dessen erster Ehefrau, der Basler Fotografin Maria Bernoulli, in Basel geboren.
- Early Life and Education
- Early Work
- Family and Travel
- First World War
- Separation and Productivity at Casa Camuzzi
- Remarriage and Second World War
- Final Years
- Legacy
- Sources
Hermann Hesse was born in Calw, Germany, a small city in the Black Forest in the southwest of the country. His background was unusually varied; his mother, Marie Gundert, was born in India to missionary parents, a French-Swiss mother and a Swabian German; Hesse’s father, Johannes Hesse, was born in present-day Estonia, then controlled by Russia; he...
Hesse had decided at the age of 12 that he wanted to become a poet. As he admitted years later, once he finished his schooling he struggled to identify how to achieve this dream. Hesse apprenticed at a bookshop, but quit after three days due to continued frustration and depression. Thanks to this truancy, his father refused his request to leave hom...
The young Hesse family set up an almost romantic living situation on the shores of the beautiful Lake Constance, with a half-timbered farmhouse upon which they labored for weeks before it was ready to house them. In these tranquil surroundings, Hesse produced a number of novels, including Beneath the Wheel (Unterm Rad, 1906) and Gertrude (Gertrud, ...
When the First World War broke out, Hesse registered as a volunteer for the army. He was found unfit for combat duty due to an eye condition and the headaches that plagued him ever since his depressive episodes; however, he was assigned to work with those taking care of prisoners of war. Despite this support of the war effort, he remained staunchly...
When Hesse returned home to Bern in 1919, he had decided to abandon his marriage. Maria had had a severe episode of psychosis, and even after her recovery Hesse decided there was no future with her to be had. They divided the house in Bern, sent the children away to boarding houses, and Hesse moved to Ticino. In May he moved to a castle-like buildi...
Once he finished the book, however, Hesse turned towards company and married art historian Ninon Dolbin. Their marriage was very happy, and the themes of companionship are represented in Hesse’s next novel, Narcissus and Goldmund (Narziss und Goldmund, 1930), where once again Hesse’s interest in psychoanalysis can be seen. The two left Casa Camuzzi...
The Nazi opposition to Hesse had no impact on his legacy, of course. In 1946 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. He spent his final years continuing to paint, writing recollections of his childhood in short story form, poems, and essays, and answering the stream of letters he received from admiring readers. He died on August 9, 1962 at the age of...
In his own life, Hesse was well-respected and popular in Germany. Writing during a time of intense upheaval, Hesse’s emphasis on the survival of the self through personal crisis found eager ears in his German audience. However, he was not particularly well-read worldwide, despite his status as Nobel laureate. In the 1960s, Hesse’s work experienced ...
Mileck, Joseph. Hermann Hesse: Biography and Bibliography. University of California Press, 1977.Hermann Hesse’s Arrested Development | The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/19/hermann-hesses-arrested-development. Accessed 30 Oct 2019.“The Nobel Prize in Literature 1946.” NobelPrize.Org, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1946/hesse/biographical/. Accessed 30 Oct 2019.Zeller, Bernhard. The Classic Biography.Peter Owen Publishers, 2005.People also ask
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Apr 9, 2019 · Ziolkowski on Hesse. Posted on April 9, 2019 by Don Skemer. The Manuscripts Division is pleased to announce that Professor Theodore Ziolkowski has donated his Hermann Hesse Collection (C1618) to the Library, along with additional literary correspondence.
Dec 18, 2002 · Contemporary Writing and the Arts – the Cultural Scenario of South India. Region, Literature and Culture. Dedicated to the fond memory of 125 years of. Hermann Hesse. 8-10th January 2003. Tellicherry and Trivandrum, Kerala. Jointly organized by. Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla and.
May 2, 1997 · HERMANN HESSE. BACKGROUND, CHILDHOOD, AND YOUTH (1877-1895) Hesse was born on July 2, 1877, in the town of Calw at the Northern edge of the Black Forest. His family background was an interesting mix of Pietism and scholarly achievements. Hesse's father, Johannes Hesse (1847-1916), was born a Russian citizen in Weissenstein, Estonia.
Hermann Hesse: Wandering-Bergpass. Walk at Night. I am walking late in the dust. Shadows of walls fall down, And through vines I can see. Moonlight across stream and road. Songs that I sang before come. Softly once again, And the shadows of uncounted journeys.
