![]() ![]() All his life, he was drawn to solitude and privacy, often feeling awkward in social situations. The son of missionaries, Hesse grew up with deep depression, attempting suicide at age fifteen which lead him to spend some of his formidable youth in an insane asylum. If he were alive today, Hesse’s life would be a fascinating story for Page Six readers. ![]() But, like many true artists, Hesse came into the world as a bit of a tortured soul, suffering personal crises and social anxieties from an early age. With such successes in life, one might think that Hesse must have been relatively happy. For many readers, Hesse’s works have been earmarked as landmark and even life-changing texts, and have become a favorite required read among high school and college instructors. Hermann Hesse won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature, authored world-changing books including Siddhartha and Steppenwolfe, which have been read by more than a hundred million people, and has had his writing translated into almost sixty languages. Hermann Hesse: The Lonely Wanderer Posted by Anne Kathrin Probst – October 07, 2011 ![]()
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