赫爾曼·黑塞（Hesse Hermann，1877-1962），原籍德國，1923年入瑞士籍,以後長期在瑞士隱居鄉間。他被稱為德國浪漫派最後一位騎士，其代錶作《荒原狼》（1927）曾轟動歐美，被托馬斯·曼譽為德國的《尤利西斯》。1946年，“由於他的富於靈感的作品具有遒勁的氣勢和洞察力，也為崇高的人道主義理想和高尚風格提供瞭一個範例”，獲諾貝爾文學奬。

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