Steppenwolf

:This article is about the novel. For the 1960s rock band known primarily for "Born to Be Wild" and "Magic Carpet Ride", see Steppenwolf (band). Steppenwolf is a German language word which means a desert dog, or "wolf of the steppes."

History

At the beginning of 1924 Hesse married his second wife, singer Ruth Wenger. However, after several weeks he left Basel, only returning closer to the end of the year, and then renting a separate apartment. After a short trip to Germany together Hesse stopped seeing Wenger almost completely. The resulting feeling of isolation and inability to make lasting contact with the outside world led to increasing despair and thoughts of suicide.

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1924 - Ruth Wenger - Basel - Despair - Suicide

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Hesse started working on the book in Basel and continued it in Zurich, publishing in 1926 a precursor to it - a book of poems titled The Crisis. From Hermann Hesse's Diary. The novel itself was published in 1928.

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Zurich - 1926 - 1928

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