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Hesse: The secret Swiss; An exhibit at Zurich's Landesmuseum seeks to bring to life the work of novelist Hermann Hesse--and the strong influence Switzerland played in molding his artistic product. (Art & Culture).(Hermann Hesse)(Brief Article)

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From: Swiss News
Date: 20020401
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The Swiss have a longstanding refrain about what it means to be an internationally recognized intellectual or artist-and come from Switzerland. Once you are famous, nobody seems to remember that you are Swiss. Consider Le Corbusier and Piaget (almost everyone outside Switzerland assumes they were French) and Giacommetti (Italian, right?).

Then there is Hermann Hesse, an icon of 20th century German-language literature. Most readers view him as German through and through. Who but a few people in Switzerland (and a small cadre of Hesse scholars) know the author lived most of his ...

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