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Born in Calw, Germany.
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Hesse decided he wanted to become a poet at the age of 12.
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Hesse became a seminarist at the Protestant theological seminar in Kloster Maulbronn, from which he fled after just a few months.
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Hesse was admitted to a mental hospital for four months for "evil and devilry". He was diagnosed with "melancholy".
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Hesse worked in a book and antique shop in Tübingen and Basle at the age of 19.
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A tiny volume of Hesse's poems appeared in print, followed by other small publications that remained equally unnoticed for some time.
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Hesse's novel had quick success. It was written in Basle and set in Switzerland.
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After his first novel was published, Hesse got married to Maria Bernouilli, had children, and moved to Gaienhofen on Lake Constance.
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Hesse boarded the "Prinz Eitel Friedrich" in Genoa in the company of his friend, the painter Hans Sturzenegger, to travel to India, the country in which his family worked as missionaries.
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Hesse decided to move him and his family to Switzerland.
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This was caused by a serious illness contracted by his youngest son, the death of his father, the first world war, a marital crisis, and the mental illness of his wife.
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Hesse leaves his family behind and moves to Montagnola.
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Hesse's favorite work is published on his 50th birthday.
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Hesse passed away as a result of a stroke on August 9, 1962, in Montagnola, Switzerland.