''The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse'' is a collection of 22

fairy tales A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. In most cult ...

written by Hermann Hesse between the years of 1904 and 1918 and translated by

Jack Zipes Jack David Zipes (born June 7, 1937) is a professor emeritus of German, comparative literature, and cultural studies, who has published and lectured on German literature, critical theory, German Jewish culture, children's literature, and folklore. ...

. A list of the individual fairy tales and the year in which they were written follows. This collection was published in 1995 and is the first English translation for most of the tales.

Stories

*"The Dwarf", 1904 *"Shadow Play", 1906 *"A Man by the Name of Ziegler", 1908 *"The City", 1910 *"Dr. Knoegle’s End", 1910 *"The Beautiful Dream",

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*" The Three Linden Trees",

*"Augustus", 1913 *"The Poet", 1913 *"Flute Dream", 1914 *"A Dream About the Gods", 1914 *"Strange News from Another Planet", 1915 *"Faldum", 1916 *"A Dream Sequence", 1916 *"The Forest Dweller", 1917 *"The Difficult Path", 1917 *"If the War Continues", 1917 *"The European", 1918 *"The Empire", 1918 *"The Painter", 1918 *"The Fairy Tale About the Wicker Chair", 1918 *"Iris", 1918 Eight of these stories also appeared in ''

Strange News from Another Star ''Strange News from Another Star'' is a collection of eight short stories written by the German author Hermann Hesse between 1913 and 1918. It was first published as ''Märchen'' in German in 1919 and was translated to English by Denver Lindley ...

'' (''Märchen''), a short story collection originally published in German in 1919 and in English in 1972, translated by

Denver Lindley Denver Lindley (1904-1982) was an American translator noted for his translations of works by Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Ernst Schnabel, André Maurois, and others. Lindley studied at Princeton University and joined ''Collier's ''Collier's'' ...

. The stories are: *"Augustus" *"The Poet" *"Flute Dream" *"Strange News from Another Planet" (titled "Strange News from Another Star") *"The Difficult Path" (titled "The Hard Passage") *"A Dream Sequence" *"Faldum" *"Iris"

External links

Germanic, Slavic & Semitic Studies; The University of California
''The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse, The 1995 short story collections Short story collections by Hermann Hesse Bantam Books books