Die Morgenlandfahrt: Eine Erzälung ( 1932 trans Hilda Rosner as The Journey to the East 1956 chap), which focuses upon a conclave of European and Asian spiritual eminences who may be thought of as spiritual Secret Masters, is a clear precursor of his last and largest novel and only work unequivocally identifiable as sf, Das Glasperlenspiel ( 1943 2vols trans M Savill as Magister Ludi 1949 preferred trans Richard and Clara Winston as The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) 1969) it was largely as a result of this novel that Hesse was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature. His long career, which began in the mid-1890s, culminated with the publication of two novels of interest.
(1877-1962) German-born author, in Switzerland 1880-1886, and from 1919 a Swiss citizen from 1923 found "unfit" for active service in World War One, he took a military position dealing with prisoners of war.
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