Poem Wenn auch . . . beginning 'Wenn auch der Abend kalt und traurig ist'; composed, according to the printed statement 'im Jahr 1918, dem vierten Jahr des Weltkrieges' but actually in April 1917.
Die Stimmen und der Heilige. Ein Stück Tagebuch; composed in Spring 1918. The present edition was privately printed by Johannespresse in 1948. A note at the front explains that the private printing (1948) was sent to friends and correspondents instead of letters. The text is identical with tha...
Treue Begleiter; 24 poems composed 1900-1947. This edition (the first publication as a collection) St. Gallen: Tschudy-Verlag, 1958. Includes 'Julikinder' 'Elisabeth' (1900) 'Ravenna' (June 1901) 'Mittag im September' 'Im Nebel' 'Nachtfest der Chinesen in Singapore' 'Vergänglichkeit' 'An die Fr...
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...
Prosa (Auf einen Dichter); composed Nov 1941-Jan 1942. The present copy is an offprint from Neue Schweizer Rundshau, April 1942. There are the following variants between this printing and that in the Sämtliche Werke: stanza 1 line 4 this printing has 'müdevoll-süsse' for SW 'mühvoll-süße' sta...
Six poems collected under the autograph title 'Ein paar Gedichte von Herm. Hesse'; composed 1929-1931. Hesse used the title 'Ein paar Gedichte . . .' for various collections of his poems, but this copy is personalised with an autograph dedication, 'Herrn Dr. Neumann überreicht mit Grüssen von H....
'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...
Poem Friede; composed 11 October 1914, on a visit to Hesse's friend Conrad Haussman, and written in his Visitors' Book (see Sämtliche Werke vol. 12, p. 314). This printing 1939 on the evidence of the footnote 'Dieses Gedicht wurde vor fünfundzwanzig Jahren, einige Wochen nach Beginn des Weltkri...
'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...