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Hermann Hesse

Description: Hermann Karl Hesse (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. Although Hesse was born in Germany's Black Forest region of Swabia, his father's celebrated heritage as a Baltic German and his grandmother's French-Swiss roots had an intellectual influence on him. He was a precocious, if not difficult, child who shared a passion for poetry and music with his mother and was especially well-read and cultured, due in part to the influence of his polyglot grandfather.

Profession: German-Swiss poet and novelist

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