Producers Eric Kopeloff and Philip Schulz-Deyle have optioned Hermann Hesse’s “Demian” and plan to adapt the novel into a feature film. Nick Kreiss (“Afraid”) has penned a screenplay ...

Who was Hermann Hesse? Kate Bowen 08/09/2012 August 9, 2012. Half a century after his death, the works of Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse are back on the shelves.

Hermann Hesse is one of Germany's best-known authors abroad. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of a writer who explored identity, freedom, and the magic of words.