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Hesse, Hermann
     
Hesse, Hermann
(1877-1962) a German writer and poet. His novels include Steppenwolf, The Glass Bead Game, and Siddhartha, and often deal with the deep struggles that go on in the human mind. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946.
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