Hermann Hesse (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)

Other Literary Forms

Although Hermann Hesse is known primarily for his novels, he also wrote poems and essays on art, literature, and society as well as short stories. In addition, he wrote reviews and articles for numerous journals and newspapers and compiled critical editions of a wide variety of literary works.

Achievements

Hermann Hesse’s maiden novel Peter Camenzind (1904; English translation, 1961) won the Bauernfeld Prize of Vienna in 1904, the first of myriad awards bestowed on the author in his lifetime. Interestingly, most of Germany’s...

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