Hesse, fifty years later

       Hermann Hesse passed away fifty years ago (9 August 1962), leading -- at least in the German-language press -- to some (re)appraisals.
       Some of these pieces have also been translated into English: at Deutsche Welle Kate Bowen finds Hermann Hesse -- misunderstood but loved, while at Qantara.de Andreas Pflitsch reviews Gunnar Decker's recent Hermann Hesse biography.