'Worte zum Bankett anläßlich der Nobel-Feier', article by Hesse. A cutting, with an MS note indicating provenance, from the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, no. 2277, 10 Dec. 1946. This is the first publication of the article.
Tessiner Zeitung Special Edition Spring 2004 devoted to Hermann Hesse, his connection with the Swiss Canton of Ticino and reminiscences of the inhabitants of Montagnola where he lived from 1919 to his death in 1962. Compiled by Regina Bucher, Director of the Hermann Hesse Museum. Includes a museu...
'Nachtgedanken', poem by Hesse; composed 29 Nov. 1938. A page from Neue Zürcher Zeitung no. 2138, 4 Dec. 1938. Bücher-Beilage, p. 3 containing the first publication of the poem. Variants from Sämtliche Werke: stanza 2 line 2 lacks the word 'die' stanza 4 has 'das Wunder liebe' for 'das Wunder...
'Ansprache in den ersten Stunde des Jahres 1946', article by Hesse; composed 12 and 13 Nov 1945. A page from Neue Zürcher Zeitung no. 26, 6 Jan. 1946. Das Wochenende, p. 5. This is the first printing of the piece which was written for the midnight broadcast at New Year 1946 on the Basel radio st...
'Tagebuchblatt', poem by Hesse; composed April 1939. A cutting from National-Zeitung (Basel), Sonntagsbeilage no. 218, 14 May 1939 (identified by Mileck vol. 1 p. 492). This is the first publication of the poem. On the reverse is a complete poem 'Die Wühlmäuse' by Albin Zollinger, Swiss writer...
'Blatt aus dem Notizbuch', prose by Hesse; composed March 1940. A page from Neue Zürcher Zeitung no. 554 (9), 14 April 1940. Litertur und Kunst supplement, p. 3. This is the first publication of the poem. Followed by an extract from a letter to his son, Martin, written in April 1940, 'Aus einem...