The journey to the east - Hermann Hesse

Few are the writers who documented with this honest clarity and this courageous honesty the development of the spirit through the stages of life. Peter Kamentzind (1904) and Damian (1919) and Sidharta (1922) and Wolf of the Steppe (1927) and Nersis and Goldmund (1930) and the journey to the East (1932) are different forms of spiritual autobiography, and different portrayals of the journey of Juan. Every new step refines the image of all previous steps, and every experience opens new worlds of exploration in a continuous effort to connect with the vision. Hermann Hesse, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, was closely connected to the world of India. He was influenced by Eastern philosophies. When asked once about the most important influences in his life, he said they were "the Christian spirit of Benjamin and the patriotism forever" and "reading Chinese masterpieces" and "the personality of the historian Jacob Burckhardt." The journey to the East - Hermann Hesse