DescriptionHesse Signature.svg	English: Hermann Hesse's signature.
Date	26 September 2010, 18:29 (UTC)
Source	Hesse_Signature.jpg
Author	Original: Hermann Hesse (1877–1962)       Alternative names Birth name: Hermann Karl Hesse; Hh. Hesse Description German-Swiss novelist, poet, literary scholar, painter, philosopher and resistance fighter Date of birth/death 2 July 1877  9 August 1962  Location of birth/death Calw  Montagnola  Work location Bern; Montagnola  Authority file : Q25973 VIAF: 41841418 ISNI: 0000000121296240 ULAN: 500018217 LCCN: n79006698 NLA: 35191411 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q25973   Vector: Diego Grez-Cañete

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