The main theme of his work is the individual’s efforts to break out of the established modes of civilization so as to find an essential spirit and identity. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nobel-Prize/The-prizes “We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude … Continue reading Hermann Hesse (born July 2, 1877, Calw, Germany—died August 9, 1962, Montagnola, Switzerland)