1877-1962. German writer who became a Swiss
citizen 1923. A conscientious objector in
World War I and a pacifist opponent of
Hitler, he published short stories, poetry,
and novels, including Peter Camenzind 1904,
Siddhartha 1922, and Steppenwolf 1927. Later
works, such as Das Glasperlenspiel/The Glass
Bead Game 1943, tend towards the mystical.
Nobel Prize for Literature 1946.