Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Hermann Hesse across 9 places, from 1877 to 1962.
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Hermann Karl Hesse (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Hermann Hesse was documented, and when
2 July 1877exact date
Black Forestattested“Hermann Karl Hesse was born on 2 July 1877 in the Black Forest town of Calw, in Württemberg, German Empire.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
2 July 1877exact date
Kingdom of Württembergattested“Hermann Karl Hesse was born on 2 July 1877 in the Black Forest town of Calw, in Württemberg, German Empire.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
1881year
Calwattested“In 1881, when Hesse was four, the family moved to Basel, Switzerland, staying for six years and then returning to Calw.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
1881year
Baselattested“In 1881, when Hesse was four, the family moved to Basel, Switzerland, staying for six years and then returning to Calw.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
1912 to 1914period
Bernattested“Following Hesse's return, the family moved to Bern (1912), but the change of environment could not solve the marriage problems, as he himself confessed in his novel Rosshalde from 1914.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
1931year
Montagnolaattested“In 1931 Hesse left the Casa Camuzzi and moved with Ninon to a larger house, also near Montagnola, which was built for him to use for the rest of his life, by his friend and patron Hans C.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
1943year
Switzerlandattested“According to Hesse, he "survived the years of the Hitler regime and the Second World War through the eleven years of work that [he] spent on" The Glass Bead Game.' Printed in 1943 in Switzerland, this was to be his last novel.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
1962year
United Statesattested“By the time of Hesse's death in 1962, his works were still relatively little read in the United States, despite his status as a Nobel laureate.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
9 August 1962exact date
Montagnolaattested“He died on 9 August 1962, aged 85, in Montagnola, Switzerland and was buried in the cemetery of Sant'Abbondio in Gentilino, where his friend and biographer Hugo Ball and another German personality, the conductor Bruno Walter, are also bu…”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
9 August 1962exact date
Gentilinoattested“He died on 9 August 1962, aged 85, in Montagnola, Switzerland and was buried in the cemetery of Sant'Abbondio in Gentilino, where his friend and biographer Hugo Ball and another German personality, the conductor Bruno Walter, are also bu…”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
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1891year
Göppingenmentioned“After successful attendance at the Latin School in Göppingen, Hesse entered the Evangelical Theological Seminary of Maulbronn Abbey in 1891.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
1891year
Evangelical Seminaries of Maulbronn and Blaubeurenmentioned“After successful attendance at the Latin School in Göppingen, Hesse entered the Evangelical Theological Seminary of Maulbronn Abbey in 1891.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
1892year
Cannstattmentioned“At the end of 1892, he attended the Gymnasium in Cannstatt, now part of Stuttgart.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
1894year
Calwmentioned“Then, in the early summer of 1894, he began a 14-month mechanic apprenticeship at a clock tower factory in Calw.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
October 1895month
Tübingenmentioned“In October 1895, he was ready to begin wholeheartedly a new apprenticeship with a bookseller in Tübingen.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
1896year
Viennamentioned“In 1896 his poem "Madonna" appeared in a Viennese periodical and Hesse released his first small volume of poetry, Romantic Songs.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
1899year
Baselmentioned“From late 1899 Hesse worked in a distinguished antique bookshop in Basel.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
1906year
Gaienhofenmentioned“In Gaienhofen, he wrote his second novel, Beneath the Wheel, which was published in 1906.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
1911year
Sri Lankamentioned“During this time there also was increased dissonance between him and Maria, and in 1911 Hesse left for a long trip to Sri Lanka and Indonesia.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Hesse
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