![]() ![]() He also did freelance journalism, which inspired his first novel, Peter Camenzind (1904 trans. In 1899 Hesse moved to Basel where he worked again as a bookseller. It was during this time in Tubingen that Hesse published his first poems, melancholy neo-Romantic lyrics expressing Hesse's uneasiness with the world. Hesse's time in Tubingen was characterized by obsessive reading and solitary contemplation. In 1893, his formal education was at an end and his parents called him back to Calw.Īfter helping his father in his publishing business, Hesse became an apprentice bookseller in Tubingen, a usual occupation for budding German authors. At Cannstadt, though, Hesse began to drink, smoke, and incur heavy debts. ![]() After a few months, Hesse was released for good behavior and resumed his education at Cannstadt. He was then sent to a school for the mentally retarded and emotionally unstable for convalescence. The treatment was not very effective, though, as Hesse's unrequited love for the pastor's daughter made him suicidal. He was promptly sent to the Pastor Christoph Blumhardt at Bad Boll to be cured. ![]() Three short months after arriving in Maulbronn, Hesse began to suffer from chronic headaches and insomnia. The son of a former Pietist missionary, Hesse was expected to join the ministry and was sent to the Maulbronn seminary in 1892 to complete his education. Hermann Hesse was born on July 2, 1877, in Calw, Germany. ![]()
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